Channel Archives: Lifestyle

Ode to the Barn Dog

She’s off the trunk before I come around the corner, a flurry of scraping nails and excited whimpers.  Maybe it was the familiar cadence of the horse’s hooves on pavement....

“The Road West Was Waiting”

She left her family and all she knew behind, got on her horse, and rode west. Sounds like a song about some long-ago adventure, doesn’t it? It was only 40...

Breeches for Every Body

"Do people ever think you  wear those ironically?" the chiropractor asked as I lay on her table. I was rocking a pair of navy riding pants and a t-shirt. The...

Kylo = Charles Owen for Everyone!

Once upon a time, style, substance and affordability were mutually exclusive, at least when it came to riding helmets. In the “days of old,” you could look every inch the...

“She’s GONE!”

I flash back on occasion to the early years of my horse-trailering experience—begging rides from acquaintances, loading my 4-H project pony into whatever rig might be passing by our driveway...

What Could We Do with Love?

“What if every single human being chose one threatened animal or insect or bird or fish and decided to save it? I think the world would look completely different if...

All Grooms Want for Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year...winter circuit! Also the holidays, I suppose. While the horseless will be cozying up by the fireplace with hot chocolate and Hallmark movies,...

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