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I don't know where folks would be these days without the internet to get all the answers to their horse questions. "My horse just blinked at me with its head up and turned to the left...what does it mean??" "My horse just turned its butt to me and walked away...what is it trying to communicate?"

Lately I've been offering lessons on horsemanship/ problem solving, helping folks figure out and get partnered with their horses. Troubleshooting those areas where people run into sticky spots with their beloved equine partners. I have to say I see a reoccurring theme here.

Life is tough and keeps moving on, sometimes blind folding you just for spite and then rearranging the furniture so to speak, every time you just get to knowing the lay of the room. It's a contact sport, if you are going to live it to the fullest and get the most of everything you can out of it. That's how I perceive it anyway.

If you find yourself going through a rough patch, my best advice is just keep going. Everything ends eventually. The good times only roll for a while, and the bad times are the same. It's like that in all aspects of life, horse training and team roping.

I was at a roping yesterday…how many of my stories start that way? …and old Hombre was working like clock work, making catching and handling steers pretty easy. A fellow came up to me about sixteen steers in and said, “Ma’am, that’s an awful nice horse you got there. He’s surely a keeper, but if he ain’t, I got some of my pension check burning a hole in my pocket.”

Well, I guess our winter is drawing to an end here in Wickenburg, Arizona and we are beginning to caste our eyes to the north. Perhaps Thursday or Friday will see Richard and I loading up our ponies and road hammering it back into the snow and cold. We are not that excited.