“An inborn love of the horse is instinctive, quiteunreasoning, and one cannot recall any beginning of what seems to have always been there, together with a craving for perfection in the object of interest.” ~Lady Ann Blunt~
Legend of the Bedouin
It was said the Creator had taken a handful of South Wind and given each newborn Arabian the power of flight without wings.
Blog & Pinboard featured on Author Media
Pinterest for authors has been a hot topic these days, and the well respected Author Media group posted 3 Ways Authors can use Pinterest Guilt-Free. I’m also honored they used my blog and my pinboards as an example! Go to Author Media (add them to your Google Reader if you haven’t already) and check out the latest Pinterest post!
Through the eyes of animals: perspective and effect
“…a horse’s life is maybe even more important than a man’s, ’cause a horse hasn’t got no evil in him except any that’s put there by men…” – War Horse by Michael Morpurgo After seeing War Horse in a pre-screening and blogging about it, I’ve been thrilled to watch the responses of others who have gone to see “War Horse” or who have read the book, which is sitting high on the Kindle Bestseller list (even though the book was published back in the 80s.) What is it about this story that is so gripping? What is it that has touched so many people? What is it that keeps people...
Our most precious resource
In my rodeo queen days, I competed for the title of Miss Teen Rodeo Washington. This was the most intense pageant I’d entered and I have to confess I certainly couldn’t resist comparing it to the movie “Miss Congeniality.” There were many similarities. But all the girls tended to joke about it and yet we all took it very seriously. For us, the chance to represent rodeo and ride our horses as our talent was worth it. However, I’d constantly joked about talking about “world peace” when it came to the on-stage, impromptu questions. In Miss Congeniality, that’s what all the contestants answer when “Stan Fields” asks them “What is...