request

Does anyone have recommendations for barefoot trimmers, boarding, and trainers in the Ft. Collins, CO area?  A friend and her horse will be moving there this summer. I do realize, between my fiction and artist requests, I’m being a little needy over here on ye olde EqPal.  I promise to make it up to you [...]

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equine art

Although I haven’t yet really dug in to the subject, I am very interested in contemporary equine art.  My taste is more towards the modern, post-modern, and abstract, but I’m open-minded.  I had the thought that maybe I’d even like to start a gallery here, so if you all have a favorite artist you’d like [...]

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sunday horse blog round-up, vol. 3

I have been remiss in commenting and answering comments, but I’ve still been hoarding away posts to list today: I Will Jump Sweet Jumps – Only Continental Warmbloods Dahling pts. 1 and 2 Nuzzling Muzzles – You Know it’s Almost Spring in Nevada When… Grey Horse Matters – A Farm of Your Own pts. 1 [...]

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in the clear light of day

Of course the largest font on my author tag cloud in the horse fiction library is Dick Francis, who, as you most likely already know, was a champion steeplechase (or, more properly, National Hunt) jockey before he became an incredibly prolific writer. Having read all of his novels, I thought I had some idea as [...]

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when the world is your arena

I had an epiphany today. It was my second day of training for a new job, and we were role-playing and running mock situations. When I was presented with the information in a step-by-step manner and given a chance to practice things until I got them right, I excelled, and felt eager to learn more. [...]

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