Navigating Weeds
Spring was warm in New England. Much to my delight, I was able to plant early in my large garden at Dusty Dog Farm. Here I feel earth...
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- May 19
- 2 min
Scent of Pine
Dusty Dog Farm is located southeast and diagonally from a beautiful golf course. I often envy the wanderings of the golfers, what...
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cooperscrossroad
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Life's Scavenger Hunt
Cooper's Crossroad recently held our second annual "Luck of the Irish" fundraiser. It is a simple, outdoors, farm-friendly, mud-friendly,...
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cooperscrossroad
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Layers of Life
Most folks at Dusty Dog Farm know that I have a "hidden family." The Dump Creatures, I call them. Every farm has a place where "stuff" is...
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cooperscrossroad
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
A Full Heart
Thanksgiving has come and gone. Christmas is just around the corner. 2021 is coming to a close. I find this ridiculously hard to believe....
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cooperscrossroad
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
Choose Love
In our Farming For Resilience and Pathways to Wellness programs we teach courage, gratitude, compassion and forgiveness through the use...
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cooperscrossroad
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
"Beyond the Fog"
The summer has flown by. I took time off from blogging knowing the season would be wild. And it was! Horses filled my landscape....
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cooperscrossroad
- Jul 13, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome Summer and Blog Vacation
Summer has come to New England bringing with it : hours of coaching, training, horse shows, camps, haying and WARMTH. So much fun. On top...
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cooperscrossroad
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
"On the Back of Cooper"
For those who know me now, you know Cooper. For those who are not familiar, Mini Cooper aka "Cooper" is a small chestnut horse. I bought...
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Christina Major
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Elm Farm
Lately, I have been on a vacation from the blog. Cooper's Crossroad and Dusty Dog Farm have been keeping me busy from before the sun...
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Christina Major
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Compassion
The bright spring days and crocuses pushing out have lifted spirits both human and equine here at Dusty Dog Farm. In a formal welcome of...
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Christina Major
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Woolie's Wisdom
Woolie is a pet sheep at Dusty Dog Farm. He came to us as a lamb. Rejected by his mother (sheep are notoriously poor moms), I happened to...
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Christina Major
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
When I went to Sierra Tucson in August 2016 for a 30 day inpatient treatment program for complex PTSD, I WAS NOT a yoga buff. In fact, I...
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Christina Major
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Conference Recap
Late winter can be a hard time for many, including horse and farm folk. No competitions, no grass growing, layers and layers of clothes,...
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Christina Major
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
Mornings With George
Last week my blog drifted hard in to Adverse Childhood Experiences and subsequent negative impact on life spans, a pretty intense...
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Christina Major
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
ACE Science
Just over two decades ago the first groundbreaking study on ACEs (Felitti et al., 1998) documented the contribution of early life stress...
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Christina Major
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Origin of Cooper's Crossroad
For those of you who have curiosity about the origin of Cooper's Crossroad, the following should help clarify. The seed of Cooper's...
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Christina Major
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
Looking Ahead
Cooper's Crossroad Farming For Resilience school programs have been on hold lately, due to the holidays for some, due to COVID 19 for...
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Christina Major
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
2020 in Review
Good bye 2020 and Welcome 2021. I believe I can safely say most of the world population is looking forward to the New Year. Without over...
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Christina Major
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Life Looking "Different"
Winter has slowly crept its way in to New England. With it, the damp cold, deep cold, short day light hours, the first major snow,...
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