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The Horse’s Eye

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

The horse, I’ve read, has the largest eye of any land mammal. I believe it. It’s big enough to see into the distance, to catch sight of predators in time to run away, even while grazing. A horse has a … Continue reading →

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MaNoWriMo Doesn’t Work for Me

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Carol Buchanan

This week I opted out of NaNoWriMo. It doesn’t take anything to do that, just an inner conviction that it’s not right for me. (NaNoWirMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. In the 30 days of November, writers sign up … Continue reading →

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Listening to Gus (the Horse)

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Carol Buchanan

Horse whisperer. That’s a much-overused phrase that implies (to me, anyway) a one-way communication from human to horse. What about the other way around? Who talks about listening to horses? Without knowing a horse’s body language, communication is only one … Continue reading →

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