Broken Arrow Ranch

Cowgirl Philosopher

Summer

It arrives late, well into June. Horses are ready for the green pastures. Humans are ready for the enhanced connections with the herd, time to ride, time not to ride and just ‘be’. I’m focused on a fine balance between training and fun. Training to make sure horses are safe and sane for the tasks […]

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Winter

It’s a time of both quiet reflection and fierce winds pouring over the Continental Divide from west to east. It’s a time of sparkling sunlight on fresh snow. A time to scale back training and enter inter deeper relationships. Horses strengthen their herdmate bonds, while humans recede a little more to the background. When I

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In The Moment

87 mph winds in Gold Hill made the news last night, and today is even windier. Here four miles west–and that much closer to the Continental Divide-the winds have been raging even higher. For the fourth day in a row, I don my wool socks, Sorrels, long underwear, ski pants, ski parka, wool hat and ski

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