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My horses are my teachers, in large part, and from them I have learned much.

Horses have shared the journey with our species for a very long time now, no need to debate the exact length. They have been hunted for food, domesticated as a means of transportation and collaborative to our efforts of agriculture, exploration, and sadly, even used in war, suffering alongside us as often as sharing the better times.

As our species has proliferated, the horse no longer has ...

Horses, like people, have times of the day when they are active and times when they prefer to rest, 'loafing' as horsemen refer to such. Mid-afternoon, local time, is often when most horses are at their most relaxed, and it was to that effect that I decided it was timely to trim the hooves of Madelaine, as future weight gain will make standing on three legs more awkward for her.

The weather was a spring squall this night passed and early morning, and I had tucked her into the 10 x ...

Madelaine, the Morgan is now at day 294 of her gestation, and in the third trimester of equine pregnancy. When viewed from the front, her ribcage extends well beyond her shoulders on either side, and from the side, her abdomen now extends slightly below her sternum.

In horseman's terms, she is carrying high, wide and handsome.

She is now requesting more water, and I dutifully attend with bucket brigade as the nights are still too cold to set out water troughs and ...

Madelaine, the Morgan is now at day 294 of her gestation, and in the third trimester of equine pregnancy. When viewed from the front, her ribcage extends well beyond her shoulders on either side, and from the side, her abdomen now extends slightly below her sternum.

In horseman's terms, she is carrying high, wide and handsome.

She is now requesting more water, and I dutifully attend with bucket brigade as the nights are still too cold to set out water troughs and ...

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Yukon Fires
From CBC North, August 3, 2009


Health officials in the Yukon urged people to limit their outdoor activities as much of the central and southern portions of the territory remained under a blanket of forest fire smoke on Monday.

The smoky air conditions came from 64 wildfires burning across the Yukon, especially in the Watson Lake, Teslin, Dawson ...