When we adopted Ping Ping in November 2018, it was only 15 days before she would have aged out of the system in China. Orphans there must be adopted by...
If you’ve seen the film Amadeus (…and if you haven’t, you should), there’s a telling scene about the writing process. Mozart, brilliantly caricatured by Tom Hulce, is visited late at...
The first thing one learns in any decent journalism school is the first person singular pronoun, “I,” and its relative “me,” have no place in your work. The journalist is...
Hey there, kiddo. Man. Twelve-years old, huh? What a great and terrible time of life. You’re getting ready to head into the sixth grade, you’re trying to figure a lot...
I am isolating at a friend’s farm for a few days, and storms rolled in over her back pasture for the past two nights. The night before last, the thunder...
In this time of quarantine, we've all learned to live differently, each in our own way, reflecting on what’s important in life. But for me, it's not a new normal....
One writes a blog at the risk of sounding preachy. In my blog, I try to share my opinions, my experience, as well as links to scientific research. I realize...
If the last month has shown us anything, it’s that a lot can change in just a few days. That’s certainly what the pioneers of the inaugural Gaucho Derby discovered....
To pass time in self-isolation during the COVID-19 crisis, I cleaned my favorite bridle. It belonged to the horse I knew the longest, the one that changed my life. Carabela...
It had been a while since I'd been to a seven-year-old's birthday party, but from what I remember, they didn't normally have bears in them. Teddy bears, sure. But black...
In 2005, I took a trip that changed my outlook on everything for the rest of my life. It was set up an as "innocent" semester abroad called Semester At...
It seems that I’ve been blessed with a love for all horses. But some have, at times, been difficult to get along with. For me, Bella had fallen into that...
I do some my best thinking in the barn. It’s quiet, and most communication is nonverbal, which I’ve grown to find can be quite clear. My mind is rarely on...
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."—Henry David Thoreau On a chilly Thanksgiving weekend, I chatted with my riding teacher and a few other friends on horseback...
I have lived in the Great Lakes region of the United States for five years now. I traded my Colorado clay-covered cowboy boots for the paddock variety. The wind blowing...
In 2019, Canadian show jumper Sean Jobin was awarded the coveted "Wild Card" entry into the international division at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. This is his...
“Lots of bugs this summer! That’s probably why this horse has glassy eyes,” was the diagnosis a local vet gave when I had a bony three-year-old inspected for sale. I...
