Welcome back. I first want to say a big thank you to all those who took the time to respond to last week’s post. I got soooooo much great feedback, it was like a herd pulling together, and I can’t tell you how much each one of those words of encouragement helped me. So thank you once again. As I’ve said ...
Welcome to this week’s horse story. I rescued my horse Jazz from a rough and tough old cowboy and Jazz seemed to understand the ordeal I had saved him from. Â So in turn he looked out for me like a watchdog. Â I protected him too and have been very gentle with him because of the abuse I knew he has suffered. ...
I love trail riding especially when I used to ride my oldest horse Jazz as we always seemed to end up having a fun adventure of some sort. One day we were on a group ride in some mountains we’d not explored before, when Jazz heard some rustling in the bushes close by to the path we were on. The group ...
I was reading an article the other day on Abraham Lincoln and came across his retelling of this story: “I was jogging along at a slow gait, immersed in deep thought, when suddenly I was aroused – I may say the arousement lifted me out of my saddle as well as out of my wits – by the report of a ...
“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid…At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade” Ah yes, the soulful tones of the lovely Paul Young singing the opening lines of the ground-breaking, original version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’.I’m sure those of us of a certain age will never forget the impact of that song, the ...
“Turtle???” Yep, that was the thought front and center of my consciousness as I slammed on the brakes of my truck. I saw him just in time and the brakes did their job. Phew. So, I opened my door and got out to ‘save’ this little turtle as I didn’t want anybody else coming along and accidentally running over the little ...