Carving out some time on a precious day off, I tacked up Grace and rode her out of the barnyard. Spring called out for the large mare as we left, still quite attached to her adoptive Mom. Grace seemed ready for an adventure and took little notice of the vocal miniature horse. The air was crisp …
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In my last post My Horse Heart and Yours, I described what horse-heartedness means to me, and why I will be doing a series of audio interviews with people who also try to live by their own hearts. As a great start to this, I had the pleasure of interviewing Santi Espinosa. Santi doubles as …
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Madera Canyon was calling. It was my “Day of Integration” – the sole break during my December training at Eponaquest in Arizona. It was a precious day to myself that is such a rare gift of time. I had taken the morning to sleep, stretch, and meander, but as the sun started to pass the …
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Sometimes a tragedy can blossom into a beautiful next chapter. Several years ago, my horse Grace suffered a terrible loss. Before I became her human, she was sold in foal from the RCMP Musical Ride to one of my clients. This would have been her third baby, which she would have mothered beautifully like the others. She would …
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We knew where we were headed, but getting there was another story. After returning home from India, Aquila and I were wildly driven to buy a farm, and completely broke. We hoped and prayed to win the lottery so we could jump into our farm dreams immediately, but we knew the only way to accomplish …
The first shoe I ever pulled off a horse took 45 minutes. My arms, hands, back and legs were screaming at me why are you doing this??? Beads of perspiration dripped into my eyes as my fingers gave their best death grip on tools that felt awkward and heavier with each passing second. Still, the …
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The first time I heard the word farrier, I thought it had something to do with taxidermy. No, I was told, it is the person who cares for the horses hooves. The horses need regular trimming and sometimes shoeing, and the farrier travels around to different barns to provide this service. My highly opinionated project …
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