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Standing in a Field With Horses

Paperback Release Date: February 2nd, 2023

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Just Start

I haven’t posted in ages. It was part burnout, part external events, part ongoing shame at not having written anything and the lack of inspiration to say anything new. Life is life. I’ve been going to work, making dinner, trying to get enough sleep, the usual. We got another cat. He’s been great, but had…
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When Words Help

Why sometimes talking to your horse may make things better… We had an emergency move of two horses recently. Two mares who were known not to enjoy trailer loading needed to get on a trailer with no questions asked. The weather conditions unfortunately made it impossible to work on trailer training with them in the…
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On the Hard Days

On the hard days sometimes I forget why I’m doing this, why I come out here in the cold and the wet and the mud, to fix another fenceline or to try and hand-roll a round bale into place because the fields are impassable to vehicles. “I hate horses” I proclaim, as they throw another…
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What is “Nothing?”

What are we doing when we’re standing around doing nothing while out of the pasture? If I’m stopped with Red on a lead rope in some in-between place where horses don’t normally stand, what exactly is it that’s going on? On the way to the barn: We’re stopped because Red either chose to regulate himself…
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