On Pioneering and Belonging
On a journey of life transformation, the search for belonging in a new land 1. A Pioneering Spirit I recently bought a coat that’s expertly crafted from a 1920’s friendship quilt, by a...
On a journey of life transformation, the search for belonging in a new land 1. A Pioneering Spirit I recently bought a coat that’s expertly crafted from a 1920’s friendship quilt, by a...
We are the new owners of a ranch in Carbondale, Colorado. It’s a 450-acre working agricultural property, forty-five minutes from downtown Aspen. For decades the property has been home...
One of the great pleasures of farm life is taking walks in the late afternoon, when the sunlight slants low and golden over fields, stone walls, pond, and barns. There's a deep...
After this January thaw, the farm has an austere winter beauty: planes of pale color, bare trees, ribbons of pond ice, the old horses all haired up, their russet coats tinged with grey....
The equine portrait artist Jocelyn Sandor Urban recently added this illustration to her collection of Christmas cards, inspired by the antique barn on our property. (Ample artistic...
Our babies have left the nest. They spent the first seven months of their lives at our Connecticut farm. Now Elliot, Dominic, and Pavie are off to Belgium to grow up in the heart of...
My husband and I adopted Luigi from Danny and Ron's Rescue, an organization we know through the horse world. Each year they make a calendar featuring twelve of the dogs they've placed,...
Our friend Sarah Dawson is a top trainer of western performance horses, based in Texas. A couple times a year, we steal her away for some help with our young jumpers. This time it was...
Bringing the foals home was a Team Turnabout family adventure—four people, two sweet logoed trailers configured with three box stalls—our most exciting mission of the summer. We have...