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5 Tips to Find a Boarding Barn
Finding a boarding barn can be overwhelming. Let me tell you how to cut through some of the horse shit.
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You Don’t Have to Rope Cows to be a Cowgirl
Life carves cowgirls out of experience, determination, and care for animals. They are shaped by making hard decisions in tough circumstances and continuing to find blessings to smile about.
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Thin Skin
I recently told someone that the last 15 months have been an inferno and I’m all pink and thinned-skinned. Writing is vulnerability. It takes strength to put words into the world and be impervious to rejection, or worse, indifference.
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How to Find (And Keep!) a Great Farrier
There’s a reason the saying is “No hooves, no horse,” and not, “No expensive feed, no horse.” Or “No fancy tack, no horse.” While we might pay close attention to the “sexier” parts of our horses’ lives, their hooves are a constant—literally carrying us around—that we don’t give much attention to. But we should. And…
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You Gotta Believe, Man
What do a dog-napped puppy in Chico, California and the book You are a Badass by Jen Sincero have to do with each other? The power of belief. Let me back up a minute. About that puppy… At the beginning of August I headed to Chico, California for an outdoor, socially-distanced memorial for trainer Mike…
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Six Months
[March 26th I lost my brother Tom. My sister-in-law lost her husband. My nieces lost their father. My mother lost one of her three sons. I hate euphemisms for death, but I can’t find a better way to say it. In his death, we lost his laugh, his smile, his rapid-fire barbs and sharp wit.…
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I Hope There’s Pendleton & Horse Shows On The Other Side
There is A LOT going on. In personal lives of friends and family. In the US. In the world. I am thinking about it all, and carrying it along with my own struggles. But there is something that I wanted to share with you, a personal story and a reminder. Last June was the first…
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The Very Last Photo
What’s the last photo on your phone? Is it a meme? Is it a photo you asked someone to take, while the other participants grumbled, snarling about how they don’t like their picture taken? But you just went along ignoring their comments and poking them to smile and doing what you do? Are you the…
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If A Broom Can Stand On Its Own, You can Accomplish Anything
Recently my Facebook feed was clogged with photos of brooms standing on their own. Just a bunch of photos. No explanation. I wanted to make jokes about why they were taking photos of the brooms instead of using them to sweep their dirty floors, but I resisted. Instead I went to Google and asked why…
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In Honor Of The Passionate Equestrian
Passions don’t cease to exist. They merely go dormant. Sleeping like wintering bears, waiting for the return of their spring.