crissimcdonaldJul 1, 20232 min readA Meditation with LilacsThe wind touches my skin, Asking if I can, for a moment, be still. How can I connect with anything, if I don’t notice the delicate lilac...
crissimcdonaldJan 26, 20231 min readOn Loan to UsAs humans we will take about 700 million breaths in our lifetime. Horses will take around 450 million. What is this invisible thing that...
crissimcdonaldMar 18, 20224 min readThe Devolution of the Pushbutton HorseAbout a decade ago, I went to the Scottsdale All Arabian Horse show. I was excited to revisit a place I had happy childhood and early...
crissimcdonaldOct 4, 20204 min readSanity in a WheelbarrowI confess: cleaning stalls, scrubbing water troughs, and slinging hay have been my lifelines to sanity this year. Add in horsehair in my...
crissimcdonaldMar 29, 20204 min readShedding A heavy coatRocky and Crissi. It’s that time of year. Our horse Rocky is so itchy, he’s rubbing up against pine trees to scratch the hair off. I took...