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  • 25 Years of NWSAM: Where It Began—and Why It Still Matters

    For the Love of Animals In 2001, I was driving home after a full day of massaging horses when my best friend and coworker, Joan Sorita, turned toward me and said something that would quietly change the course of my… Continue reading

  • Crescent Moon

    I am a crescent moon kind of girl. I love a crescent moon and I think it loves me back, it seems to be winking slyly at me from above. People celebrate the full moon and call it by so… Continue reading

  • Cohesive

    What a special pleasure it was this week to work with friends Joan Ranquet and Ellie Laks to help Danara, a sweet mare living her best life at The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita, California. I met Danara during a… Continue reading

  • Magnifica

    Chapter One: The Long Walk Enzo Oliveri walked with deliberation, despite a leg twisted from an accident in his youth, and the weight of his possessions slung on his back. The mare walked carefully by his side, her rhythmic steps… Continue reading

  • Protected: Animal Massage During the Pandemic

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    Protected: Animal Massage During the Pandemic

  • Reflections

    Clean windows remind me of home and my 12 year-old self. At our house, window cleaning was an annual production for my mother and my sisters and I, although truth be told my sisters and I were often less than… Continue reading

    Reflections

  • UnHinged

    It’s morning.  I lie meditating, gently scanning from foot to head, ears tuned to a lilting voice of a Buddhist nun coming through my earbuds, urging me to follow my breath into my body and out again.  I begin in… Continue reading

  • Father and Time

    While my father was not the one to teach me about horses, he was the one to teach me about flying and daring and all the things that horses would eventually bring into my life. He was the one who… Continue reading

  • The Scoop on Dogs

    Beagles are dogs perfectly made for boys.  The younger the boy the better. For both are designed to wander, forbidden or not. And to find their voice.  Boys need a companion on their journey  and beagles have the stamina for… Continue reading

  • The Delicious Hour

        Long before the beeping of my morning alarm, a warm wet nose draws me out of my sleep.  Not at first of course.  The first gentle nudge just pushes a little on the edge of my dream.  The… Continue reading