Some mornings I wake up afraid. Often I dream of trying to pack my stuff with no room in the car. My last dream with this theme was about making…
I came this close to selling my young mare. She was five. When she was displeased, she snapped her big white teeth at me and she bucked, with the most…
Carol said I should ride Tessie as much as possible because she needs to build up her muscles to do what I ask her. And she is fat. As with…
December 2015 I’ve been riding Tessie through her bucks and bolting for the last month’s worth of lessons. She’s telling me something but I’m not sure what, though yesterday when…
I rode Tessie through fear the other day and kept thinking about the old lines by Percy Shelley, “Oh wild west wind, thou breath of autumn’s being” only this was early…
Shaman. That’s what I thought about Mark Russell. He may be laying his hands on the horses like any well trained body worker, adjusting horses where they are broken, but…
“Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone” (Ps. 71:9). I’ve been thinking about this verse ever since it showed…
Stephen Pressfield, author of War of Art says, “Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was 75. In other words, fear doesn’t go away. The…
We’re coming up on the first year anniversary of the EF 4 tornado that destroyed Fairdale and parts of Rochelle. Here’s something I wrote about my experience which isn’t nearly as…
I walked into the barn to take pictures of Paladin for my post about riding a school master and to ride him again. It was cold. He’d just been shaved. It’s an…