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crissimcdonald
Jul 1, 20232 min read
A Meditation with Lilacs
The 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...
crissimcdonald
Jan 26, 20231 min read
On Loan to Us
As humans we will take about 700 million breaths in our lifetime. Horses will take around 450 million. What is this invisible thing that...
crissimcdonald
Jan 10, 20230 min read
They are not mine
Horses galloping across the snow.
crissimcdonald
Mar 18, 20224 min read
The Devolution of the Pushbutton Horse
About 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...
crissimcdonald
Oct 4, 20204 min read
Sanity in a Wheelbarrow
I confess: cleaning stalls, scrubbing water troughs, and slinging hay have been my lifelines to sanity this year. Add in horsehair in my...
crissimcdonald
Mar 29, 20204 min read
Shedding A heavy coat
Rocky 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...
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