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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Love Horses Forever.
We were born this way. It should be part of the Apgar test. It would resolve so much if newborns...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day.
Living on the prairie isn't romantic. You always know the very worst things are just around the corner; there's always...
It's About Greeks and Romans. Even Today.
Is there a natural way to ride a horse? Is it possible to ride in such a way that the...
Telling the Truth about Secrets.
..."Anna is so brutally honest about things that are considered sacred in general society." A recent quote posted by a...
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