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. […]

When the wintry weather just won’t abate, like it won’t here this year, I suggest you drown your frustration in Cowboy Hash. Like I did this morning. Cowboy Hash is the supreme comfort food, and every time I fire up the frying pan to make […]

I had the great honor and good fortune this morning to sit in on a session with one of the world’s most revered and respected scientists, Dr. Jane Goodall. Probably best known for her early work with Chimpanzees, Goodall now travels throughout the world speaking […]

I shouldn’t say that, really. I mean, things ARE finally starting to green up around here. And although the irises won’t bloom for at least another month, they are well worth waiting for. And the seeds I planted in my vegetable garden (only those that […]

By now we’ve all heard the rather New Age’y platitude:  It’s the journey that counts, not the end result. Right? Well, it seems that’s applicable in many more areas of life than just one’s spiritual pursuit. I remember clear as a bell riding the bus […]

Do you think horses in training get homesick? I do. And some of them have told me so in our conversations. But then again, I guess it depends on the horse and their personality. Like kids: some can never go to camp, period, because they […]

My herb teacher, mentor, and old friend Matthew Wood has been in town this past weekend to teach an advanced class in herbology. Matt is a well-known and gifted Western herbalist who has many published books under his belt as well as countless workshops and […]

Everyone growing a garden probably has their own standard for measuring success. Mine is 30 leeks. Here they are. I picked these last few vestiges of last year’s vegetable garden 3 days ago and took this picture after they were washed and cleaned. So what […]

I never thought I’d have a mare . . . much less mares in the plural. Why I thought that, I can’t tell you, except maybe for the fact that my geldings seemed so well-suited to me and my needs. I’ve had horses in my […]

I thought of that old prophetic adage this morning when I spied my precious cat, Lily, posed to take the best advantage of what little sun there was on the bottom corner of my bed. No matter how cold, on most winter mornings my bed […]