Tag: Anna Blake
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Book Review: Undomesticated Women by Anna Blake
This is a very entertaining book. It follows the travels of Anna Blake as she and her dog Mister drove 14 thousand miles in eight months pulling an A frame trailer she calls the Rollin’ Rancho This book takes Anna to clinics she had arranged in advance and takes us with her as she crosses the USA through 30 states…
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Book Review: Stable Relation by Anna Blake.
I have read Anna Blakes’ poetry and have enjoyed it very much. I have previously reviewed her poetry books Horse Prayers and Horse Woman. But Stable Relation is the first time I have read her autobiogaphical prose. And I have to say I relished reading this book. Anna Blake is a very accomplished horse person…
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Book Review: Horse Woman by Anna Blake
I was delighted when Anna Blake’s new book arrived . I have read other books by her, both poetry and prose. This book, Horse Woman, is poetry. In essence it is an autobiography in poems. These poems give us glimpses into Anna’s childhood as well as her life now. Here are a few lines from…
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Book Review: Going Steady by Anna Blake
Going Steady is a book that will have a permanent place on my bedside table. This book has a series of ‘stand alone’ chapters that deal with horses: owning a horse, rescuing a horse, riding a horse, living with multiple horses, and the subtitle is : “More Relationship Advice from Your Horse”. Practical issues such…
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Tell your inner demons to just shut up!
We are a species who thinks we can control outcome. We like to focus on what’s wrong , immerse in those problems, and then make them right. Even with good intentions, it’s a negative approach. But if I could give riders a gift, it would be a suspension of disbelief. Disbelief is the sarcastic voice…
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Book Review:Horse Prayers by Anna Blake
“It isn’t her job to patch us up and make us whole…..”