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...
Nov 2021 30
Farm & Ranch
Sep 2021 12
Mountain Life: A New Chapter Begins
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...
Apr 2018 22
Earth Day 2018
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...
Jan 2018 28
Farm Scenes In Winter
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....
Dec 2017 14
Horse Portraits and Illustrations
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...
Nov 2017 4
Foals Fly For Europe
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...
Sep 2017 20
Luigi’s Story
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,...
Jun 2017 28
Foal Training With Sarah Dawson
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...
Jun 2017 4
The Ten Best Things about the Foals Coming Home
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...
