Summer is the Season for Action “The secret to life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is—it must be something you cannot possibly do!” Sculptor …
Let’s Stop Looking for Ourselves When We Look at Our Horse “We don’t see the world as it is, but rather as we are.“ Mary Pipher It’s spring, my favorite time of year! Horses are shedding, foals are being born, and horse people are planning the fun we’ll have with …
Join Us in Celebrating the Colorado Horse Community While my experiences in equine media have taken me to every major Western event, from the first reining at the United States Equestrian Team Festival in Gladstone, New Jersey, in 2000 to the first Run for a Million in Las Vegas in …
Top 5 Reasons to Take Your Horse to an Event The competition season is in full swing. It’s always a busy time for those of us immersed in the competitive and/or educational aspects of the horse world. I’m involved as an instructor, clinician, judge, and competitor. I enjoy traveling to …
Decades ago, before the advancement in veterinary care we now enjoy, horses over the age of 20 were considered very old and rarely ridden. They were “put out to pasture” and unfortunately often forgotten about. These days though, many horses in their 20s (and beyond) still live useful and productive …
When I first moved to the Pacific Northwest, I found the rapid descent into darkness in autumn quite depressing. I couldn’t believe how dark it was at 7:00 a.m. and then again at 5:00 p.m. The rain and grey skies didn’t help my mood much either. But over the decades …
I got pretty sick a few weeks ago. I just kept pushing myself, thinking my lack of energy and aching muscles were related to the fact that I’m getting older and the physical demands of caring for the farm had me a little run down. Then one morning I almost …
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. – Henry Ford I remember when I got my first pair of glasses. I’d just passed my 40th birthday and it was …
Over the Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to judge a Working Equitation show in Illinois. The event was held at a riding club, the Fox Valley Saddle Association which was established in the 1940s. Near Chicago, the club sits in an agricultural area complete with acres of …
You know it when you’re lucky enough to find one—the good horse. He (or she) is the horse who turns a bad day into a good day, who takes the tension from your shoulders, and makes life’s problems drift away. He’s the reliable one who always tries his best. …
