Does it really matter? Well, yes . . . if you’re involved in a particular equine discipline that requires one style or another. But not really . . .  if you’re not. Just go with whatever makes you comfortable — whatever blows your skirt up. […]

Don’t get me “wrong” here. No horse is innately wrong. No more than you or I are innately wrong. I’m just using the word “wrong” to ascertain whether you and your horse are a good match or not. If not, it’s nobody’s fault, certainly not […]

Have you ever seen or felt the spirit or actual ghost form of any of your animals who have crossed over the Rainbow Bridge? If so, you are not alone. And, contrary to what some skeptics would say, if you think you did, you did. […]

You bet. Absolutely. Do not pass go. Train your horse in dressage. No matter what breed or how he’s built. Why? Because — in case you ever doubted it, or just didn’t know this particular bit of trivia — dressage constitutes the basics of everything […]

How do we really heal? From living a good life? Eating the right foods? Getting enough healthy exercise for our physical bodies? Embracing spirituality? Following the Golden Rule? There are lots of theories that address this question, and, as you well know if you follow […]

Years ago, when I worked for Texas Monthly Magazine, we once hired a young girl fresh out of high school as our receptionist. We’ll call her “Tammy.” I was in Human Resources, and my boss and I had interviewed at least 10 candidates, narrowed down […]

I guess I must be becoming inured to the harsher aspects of my new environment. Is that the right word, “inured?” I just looked it up and I think it fits. It means: To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection. I say that […]

I’m not talking about me here. I’m talking about Copper, my 33-year-old, hand-me-down, un-vanquishable, star-of-the-world Quarter Horse. Copper has a new “raison d’etre,” “joie de vivre,” — translate: “reason for being.” Copper is in Seventh Heaven, Nirvana, and is cantering and kicking up his heels […]

The answer is, whenever you feel moved to do so. When Rose and I were last at the chiropractor (more about that here), I asked her if she could give me some specific tips or “moves” I myself might use to help continue promoting Rose’s […]

I was recently contacted by Happy Tails Books with a request that I help promote its cause. Since I love to do anything I can to aid rescue — of any breed or species — I pass the following information on to you in the […]