Category Archives: Books and Film

The Collection Connection

So often, whatever riding discipline we favor, we are looking for that “missing piece” or “secret ingredient” that will help our horses go better, be more willing, stay sounder, longer....

Become the Mother

Over and over and from numerous sources it is impressed upon us that we must provide leadership for our horses…that in order to train them, befriend them, be safe with...

“A Kid-Broke Hoss”

“First pony” stories are the stuff of legend. We all have them—mental records of the goodhearted babysitters and the devils on four legs that gave us the start we needed...

All You Need Is a Box…

 In a world filled with technology and a gazillion gizmos intended to make life easier but sometimes overcomplicating it, it can be a relief when all you need is the...

Your Hands Are Vowels

Whatever discipline you favor, an early lesson we all get in good horsemanship is the importance of “good hands.” This is about more than the dramatic (egregious sawing, yanking, or...

The Million-Dollar Horse Word: Patience

It certainly isn’t new, is it? The importance of “patience” in horse handling and training, and indeed, even in improving your riding, has been long professed. But it bears repeating because...

Go Long and Low

How and when should we invite our horses to stretch? We’ve heard of its therapeutic effects all our riding lives, but have we ever truly understood the process and how...

Give Me Your Eyes

Shane Ledyard's latest novella Sycamore Whispers is a powerful, coming of age story where faith and nature play their mysterious roles perfectly in a young girl’s struggle to overcome adversity. Here the...

The Phoenix Flaps Her Wings

“I am convinced that life is ten per cent what happens to me and ninety per cent how I react to it.” —Charles R. Swindoll, “The Grace Awakening” July’s sweltering...

A Heartfelt Roadmap to Connection

Choreographer and equestrian Paula Josa-Jones has written an intelligently observed, beautifully rendered collection of experiences and inspirations detailing her artist’s journey of learning to be more fully present in the...