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Permission to NOT Ride.

Last Tuesday I had an 8 a.m. lesson with a boarder and her sweet gelding. He's had a good summer;...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid

A fence is a grid of separation. It's used to keep some of us inside and to keep others of...
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Listening with Your Seat.

How's your derrière? Is posterior a more delicate word than rump? Our culture has a lot of fanny chatter: too...
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Politics, Typing, and the Right Tool for the Job.

My computer is up on blocks. Like an old rusted-out Chevy, it's balanced on top of two eyeglass cases that...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic.

The best barn cats are monochromatic; they blend in. Unobtrusive lurkers, they're the color of dirt, hay, and shadow. A...
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Dressage Factions and the Real Reason to Compete.

I'm a traditionalist when it comes to the art of dressage. I love the structure, the fundamentals, the words of...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Connected.

  Most of us see herd dominance as a line--alpha to the "bottom." It's a limited one-dimensional view. When was...
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Goats: A Different 12 Step Program.

It just hasn't been the same since Sumo died. He was my last old-goat-standing and a card-carrying anarchist. He'd been...
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I Quack at Tweeting.

"THEY" tell authors we need a platform. That we can't get published without one. At the same time I think...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle

  This pair: from every angle, even their shadows are joined--as close as skin. Anna...
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