The hardest part is watching the grass grow back in your spot by the tree. Watching the earth cover up the imprints of your hooves and the dirt patch where you’d always eat your breakfast with the turkeys. The emptiness of the grass platform that held your blue water tub in the summers and your […]
You guys. I just spoke with Caroline Culbertson. THE Editor-in-Chief of the Noëlle Floyd Magazine. Perhaps more famously known as the host of Equestrian Voices. AHHH!! And I know you’re smart so you’ve put two and two together. This podcast came out today and features yours truly plus an inspirational adult amateur rider, Maria Chambers,
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Written on 10.30.2022. Warning: This post has to do with end-of-life care and decisions. If you’re not in a place to read this, this is a good time to skip out. Nothing gory or gross, just emotionally challenging. Sending hugs. I’ve officially lost it. My sanity, my logic, my emotional stability, my scientific approach. But
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How much do you really know about your horse’s life?
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I’m back on the blog! I’ve decided I’m going to try to write more this year even if what I have to say is not monumental, not earth shattering, and maybe not worth your time to read. Heck, it would probably put me at ease if the last one is true. In any case, here
The other day I came across this article from The Plaid Horse called “When You Fall and Don’t Bounce Anymore: An Adult Amateur Gets Back On”. I’d encourage you to go read it, but basically, it’s an adult amateur’s reflection on how she’s working to overcome anxieties that emerged after a traumatic fall. As I
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My dad, like many horse dads and horse parents out there, was not thrilled about me picking up this sport. He was not a fan of his little girl riding on the back of a 1000 pound animal and then asking it to jump over elevated sticks, just for fun. In some ways, he’s right…
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When the summer sun is blazing and you feel like you’re swimming through the humid air, cool down and re-hydrate your equine friends with super easy-to-make pony popsicles! Last week, I surprised Pilot with this treat, and he LOVED it! When I arrived, he was standing in the run-in, sheltering from the sun and hiding
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How often do you hear the words “I can’t” or “It’s not working” or, the ultimate defeat, “I’ll never get this right” whispered by that devilish voice in your head? Probably more often than you’d like to admit. That little voice, though fleeting at times, has a pick-axe powerful enough to break apart your wall
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Without a doubt, the coronavirus pandemic sucks. It’s overworking our essential personnel, it’s striking down the world’s most vulnerable populations, it’s exacerbating mental health stressors, it’s trapping domestic violence behind locked doors, and it’s left millions unemployed. Not to mention it’s killing thousands. It’s affected every single person on planet Earth in some way, and
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