A Word About Lingo
For twenty years of my career I was responsible, on various levels, for educating employees on the use of business technology. I was often in a position between the experts […]
Is Horse Sport at Risk?
I’ve been watching the clouds gather. The storm has slowly been building, but most people around me seemed unaware. The first claps of distant thunder have sounded, and it got […]
Review: Feet First
Desperate times call for desperate measures. For the better part of three years I have been trying to get and keep my Roxie sound. I have tried everything, including barefoot, […]
A Question of Connection
connection (noun) 1 the act of connecting; the state of being connected: such as a relation of personal intimacy (as of family ties) 2 something that connects; a means of […]
Spotlight on Rich Strike
The amazing conditions under which Rich Strike became the Kentucky Derby winner seems to have been eclipsed by the incident that followed the race. I have been amazed at how divisive the incident has become among horse people. I have also been cheered by how outraged much of the public […]
Dusting Things Off
For about a year I have sadly let this site languish. In that time I have retired, returned to work part time, dealt with multiple horse injuries, struggled with one horse’s rebellion (Noble, of course) – and generally just not found the motivation or time to write anything. More recently […]
Lemonade or Lemons?
Or, How I Bought a 9 Year Old Quarter Horse/Draft Cross and Ended Up With a 6 Year Old Mustang Last Fall was a bit tough. I made the decision to retire early in 2021, a major change that carries its own stress. On the horse front things were far […]
Think Less, Feel More
If there is one trend that I see reflected in social media, it’s that too many people think too hard about working with horses. Whether it is the positive reinforcement folks who obsess over every aspect of a horse’s life that might be experienced as an aversive or the Dressage […]
Leadership Lessons from Horses
I recently made a major life change – I retired from the organization where I’ve been employed for nearly twenty-five years. Of course my final week saw the requisite retirement party, with the twist of having it over Zoom due to the pandemic. I am not one to like that […]
Learning from Fiction
I watched the trainer swing the rope rapidly in the direction of the young horse on the other end of it. The horse darted here and there, his hooves tap-dancing in the sand as he tried to figure out what was being asked of him. His expression reflected fear and […]
The Literate Equine 