If you’ve read this blog in the past, you may remember a bit about the little Quarter Horse mare I rescued back last November. We called her Lopeh. She came out of years of running pretty wild in a breeding herd, and she was only […]

FOR ALL US HORSE LOVERS:     I think this particular blog post by my dear friend and holistic equine vet in Texas, Dr. Madalyn Ward, is very important to read and keep in mind. Thank you, Madalyn! Have you ever heard the phrase: “Life […]

We’ve all known at least one couple who has tried forever to have a child then finally given up and adopted — only to find themselves pregnant shortly thereafter! I don’t know what this odd sequence of events might be called, and my theory is […]

When I moved from Texas to the high desert of Northern New Mexico two years ago, I never dreamed how truly at home I would feel. Not that I didn’t love my old ranch in the magical Texas Hill Country. I did. To be sure. […]

If you’ve been around horses much at all in your life, then you’ve seen those horses who flatten their ears when you go to feed them, or who take the first opportunity to cow kick you with a hind leg when you’re doing nothing more […]

Guest Post by Roberta Edstrom, Daily Oats Blog I’ve been a little uninspired lately about blogging so am sharing this article published by my internet friend and fellow blogger, Roberta Edstrom. I love Roberta’s posts because they are full of interesting stories or ideas and […]

Years ago, when the ‘New Age’ movement got into full swing, the idea of angels began being bandied about big time.  Not that angels haven’t been popular since recorded history, but they were once again brought to the forefront during this new open-minded era. One […]

Right now I’m trying to practice what I preach. A while back I wrote a blog about gutting it up and making a change if you have a horse that’s the wrong horse for you. (You can read that blog post HERE.) The client involved […]

Do you think dogs have a concept of Heaven and believe in a higher power? Punkin the Shar Pei sure does. I never thought about this question until I was talking to Punkin a couple of weeks ago. After a fairly lengthy struggle her body […]

I had to laugh out loud yesterday when a comment to my last blog post, Cowboy Hash, came in — NOT about the hash recipe, or the childhood memories I shared, or the rare and pristine Devils River therein described. But NO. The commenter was […]