For the most part, my nine-month-old would still rather eat his books than read his books, but that doesn’t stop us from practicing relaxing with a good book in hand. To my infinite pleasure, my amazing (and non-horsey) sister-in-law found this gem and gave it to Isaac for Christmas: If there is one children’s book [...]

The two-legged is now nearly 9 months old, and Ace, in thoroughbred fashion of aging up on January 1, is now 13 (although I generally wait until his actual birthday to acknowledge the change). For the most part, parenthood is like nothing else in life. But sometimes, I find lessons I’ve learned from a life [...]

Burrs. Sticky, matted, exponentially multiplying, evil burrs. One in my horse’s forelock. An entire bush encrusted in his tail. I will keep this short and sweet. There is only one trick you need to know when it comes to removing nasty burrs from a horse’s tail. I’m pretty sure it was my mother who shared [...]

My in-laws recently moved their business to a new office space in a grand old mansion of a house, complete with ornate furniture and decorations straight out of the early 1900′s. But what I really loved were the original oil paintings adorning every wall of every room – and over 90% of them were hunt [...]

My baby was 5 months old last weekend. He plays and naps while I work full-time, sometimes from home sometimes in my office. My house is a mess, the dishes aren’t done, there’s laundry waiting to be folded (at least it’s clean, right?). I haven’t seen my horse in a week and a half. I’ve [...]