We all know them – the picky eater, the person who “plays” with their food, or the one who cannot have the things on their plate touch. I remember, years ago, hearing of a study where they tied male personality types to how they ate their food. But, did you know that horses have different … More Grazing psychology
I have been away. Duty called, and I winged my way across these United States for several days in the D.C. area. I spent those days learning things for my job. I would rather have been riding and learning horsey things – but I love learning in any form. Besides, the conference was in one … More Equus interruptus
For the past three days I have been on vacation, which is to say that I have taken paid days of leave from work. For when you own property with as many inhabitants as ours, real vacation is generally out of the question. When I take days off from work, it’s usually to do physical … More Tonight we played!
The wind is howling across the chimney. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but the North wind is mythic with horse people in the Sacramento Valley. It is a drying wind, here. It makes summer days hotter, and winter days colder. And it turns the most plodding old horse into a silly … More A visit from the North Wind
I had no idea what to expect from this weekend. Coming into it with a bum foot of my own, and Nash now barefoot, it looked like just another twist of fate – another weekend with no riding, and no progress. How wrong I was! Fate was kind, for a change, and we had a … More What a lovely weekend!
The forecast for this weekend was warm and sunny … for winter, anyway. Horses all sound and back in work. People all healthy. The formula for a nice riding weekend. And then it happened …
Horse Crazy Once Again 