RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
An Anniversary! And a Promotion From a Dead Horse
Today is a big anniversary for me. Here is the thing about anniversaries; they only matter to the ones having...
Can We Talk About Our Gray Mare Future?
I've been pondering two conversations about horses lately. They aren't very cheerful and I always know, no matter what I...
The Glare On My Glasses
I have a confession. I am a gray mare who loves technology, pressing my nose to monitors and screens for...
Septic Tank Trauma
I bet you flush the toilet in town without a hint of paranoia. I did before I bought my farm....
The Nebulous Path to Partnership
Drawn like magnets, humans want to be near animals so badly. We can't help ourselves, but we are a little...
Cowboys and Liberals
When people talk about the romance of farming, I think they've watched too much TV and read too little Steinbeck....
Spring Fever and Trailer Loading
You've been home all winter, working outside until the tips of your fingers sting. Carrying fifty-pound bags of feed over...
Do Companion Animals Get Compassion Fatigue?
Lately, I've been worried about fluffy little lap dogs whose coat has gone oily and flat from excessive petting. Concerned...
A Panic Room Or A Personal Haven?
How can being older feel like an unfamiliar experience? Awake every step of the way, but we seem lost and...
Finding Sanity While Worrying for the Future
Wrung out and pooped from consecutive days of snow and 40 mph winds, interspersed with monster gusts that felt like...
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