{ A companion who holds a quiet space for you to be who you are } Photo © 2022 Sasha Hoffman ~ edited with Prisma app
Author: Sasha H.
The past lives of Max & Raven
Photo © 2022 Sasha Hoffman ~ Edited with Prisma app Chapter 23 One day in June, I was chatting with one of my co-workers at the feed store about Raven and how I knew nothing of her history. My co-worker mentioned an animal communicator that she had enlisted to help with her dogs, and how the over-the-phone … Continue reading The past lives of Max & Raven
An offer of help
Photo © 2022 Sasha Hoffman ~ Edited with Prisma app Chapter 22 I had come to Rendezvous Ranch to attend a women's horse camping clinic, but instead ended up on an unexpected horse camping trip with the owner of the ranch and her friend. It didn't even enter my mind to be disappointed; I thought of it … Continue reading An offer of help
After the fall
Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman ~ Edited with Prisma app Chapter 21 So, we had a setback. Raven was not ready to be ridden without some more communication work on my part. She was not confident with me on her back, just as she was still not quite confident with me on the ground. I had pushed … Continue reading After the fall
Wake up call
Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman ~ Edited with Prisma app Chapter 20 One day I asked one of the barn owners if she would be willing to take her old, experienced gelding out with me and Raven for a ride around the grassy track. I had not ridden Raven outside yet, just a few very … Continue reading Wake up call
The Max of the day is…
{ Appreciating a quiet space to think & a view of trees } Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman ~ edited with Prisma app
Fire-breathing dragon
Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman ~ Edited with Prisma app Chapter 19 At the end of March, Simone and I asked the barn owners if we could move Ryker to another pen. We needed to be able to work with our horses without the separation anxiety they experienced when one or the other was taken out of … Continue reading Fire-breathing dragon
The Max of the day is…
…Seeing the beauty in the world outside 💙
The conversation
Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman Chapter 18 One Friday afternoon at the end of March, I had been working with Raven in her paddock, just as the hay truck was delivering the horses' evening meal. She was in her halter with a long lead rope attached, and as soon as the flakes of hay hit the … Continue reading The conversation
The Max of the day is…
Photo © 2021 Sasha Hoffman ~ edited with Prisma app { Being supportive }