Thank You, Mother: an Ode to a Farm
It’s late afternoon as I drive along the front of my farm to the gate. The field fence is shrouded with a bumper crop of…
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Do You Need to Keep Your Horse Calm?
I can’t be the only woman of a certain age whose parents thought she needed to be muffled indefinitely. They wanted a…
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Listening is Acknowledgment: A Gray Mare’s Message
I pulled down the drive to a farm for a Calming Signal intensive. Meeting new horses and people who care about them is…
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“Why Don’t You Post Training Videos?”
It was at the dark ages of VHS, long before the dawn of cyberspace, and I’d heard there was such a thing as a horse…
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When Horses Can’t “Do” The Clinic…
Lena was elegant in that special way that Thoroughbred mares can be. Her face had long planes and gentle curves with a…
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Helmet Safety and the Ability to Buy Hay
If my horses could see the big picture, they’d still say my job is hay. They have not read one of these blogs over the…
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