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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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My Author Interview with SkyDance Mountain Audiobooks

Exciting news! My interview with SkyDance Mountain Audiobooks’ “Authors On The Mountain” podcast is up on YouTube. In it I expand on some of the things I mention in the book and talk about everything from the advantages of volunteering at horse rescues to potential future writings. I’m grateful for this opportunity to share with…
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A New Paradigm: Two Years of Standing in a Field With Horses

It’s been nearly two years since the first release of my memoir in eBook format. I never imagined that more than maybe ten people would read it, to be honest. I wanted to connect with others who might feel the way I felt around horses, but I wasn’t sure it would happen. Thankfully, even in…
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Ruining the Horse

A few years ago, when I was experiencing the things I write about in my memoir, I was always afraid of “doing it wrong” and “ruining the horse” when interacting with equines. Afraid that my gentler way of doing things would lead to places where the horse wouldn’t be able to interact properly with other…
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Announcing the Audiobook Release!

It’s here! After many months of work by Skydance Mountain Audiobooks and their team, the Standing in a Field With Horses audiobook has been released on Audible! I am so thrilled with how it turned out. The narration and production is excellent.I know many of you are up to your eyeballs in horse care, whether…
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Right Activity for the Right Day

Have you ever showed up to the barn to work with a horse, brought them out of the pasture, and quickly realized that they were having a bad day? Maybe they walked away from you when you went to halter them, when they normally halter just fine. Maybe they were sticky and hesitant to move,…
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What do horses dream of?

If a horse had goals for themselves, what do you think they would be? Would they aspire to being the greatest at jumping with a human on their back? Winner of the most money? Fastest on a dirt track? Or would they have dreams of their own? What matters most to them? What does a…
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Increasing Understanding

I keep forgetting to update words in the midst of all the things happening in real life. The issue is, the things in real life are still too “everyday grind” to spark any great words. I don’t have any inspiration for you today, but I do have a small moment in time that I found…
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Big News!

Fantastic news! I am excited to announce that Standing in a Field With Horses is becoming an audiobook! Now you will be able to listen to the book while you drive, do chores, or even fall asleep to it. Audiobooks allow the freedom to listen on the go, which I didn’t fully appreciate until I…
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Celebrating a Year of Standing in a Field With Horses

It’s been just past a year since I first released my book in eBook form. Since then more than 200 people have at least purchased my book, if not read it. More folks in the horse world have begun trying to figure out how to change the way they relate to horses. More have simply…
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