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Melt
Autumn. The skies have rained and blown for weeks. Blankets have been on and off the horses. Salted mashes consumed. Saddles nestled in the tack room, waiting. And then, yesterday! Dawn broke still and...
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How I Think About Food
In today’s cacophony of fitness and nutrition discourse, we’re all choosing who is worth listening to. This is especially true when it comes to bloggers like me, who are informed aficionados...
How I Think About Fitness
How I Think About Fitness
In today’s cacophony of fitness and nutrition discourse, we’re all choosing who is worth listening to. This is especially true when it comes to bloggers like me, who are informed aficionados...
Neighbors
Neighbors
There’s something about being on a horse that makes people want to say hello. I do most of my conditioning rides on the grid of agricultural roads surrounding my farm. Just about everyone who passes in...
Grounded: On Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty
Grounded
We are grounded.   To varying degrees around the world, we are all being asked to stay home. No concerts, no weddings, no afternoons at the strip mall. There is much talk of these measures being too...
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Bittersweet
My first job was at a small, shabby horse farm in the valley below my childhood home. The driveway peeled off from a curvy, gravel road lined with hotwire paddocks, all nibbled bare and dotted with broodmares....
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5 Top Books for Equestrian Endurance Riding
Have you read these 5 top books for equestrian endurance riding? From conditioning endurance horses to addressing medical emergencies when there's no vet, these books should be in your library.
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Learning to Walk When Life Was Broken
I wrote this post during a deep professional struggle that left me with no energy to ride faster than a walk. It's not about the hurting so much as the healing.
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