Have you ever wondered how to go about learning to communicate with the spirit world? The opportunities are available in the most unusual places if you only look, and sometimes you will find them through the most unusual circumstances.
My Father and His Buddy
My father and his buddy, Al, spent a few years mustanging during the summers in Eastern Oregon. It was a life of freedom and not much responsibility for two single guys. They captured and broke the young horses, then sold…
Horse Crazy Gal
My earliest memories are all wrapped up around horses and as an extension of that, my father. He was a true-life horse trader; making his living and feeding his family by trading horses.
Parents and Children: Building Loving Relationships
Family ties are the ties that bind us to the past. And give us hope for the future. They are also the ties that take the greatest beating in life. Often frayed, dirty, and imperfectly woven, they still mold us;…
Climbing Memory Mountain: From Down on the Farm and Back Again
It was haying time and the horses were pulling the empty hay wagon up the driveway and back out into the field. As we passed the house, I jumped off and ran up the back steps, through the rickety screen…
Picky Eaters and the Writing of “Skinny Little Frog”
Like all parents, my wife Mary Anne, and I worried about our children. We worried that they weren’t eating well. Juli especially was skinny and often sick.
Money or Message?
Hello friends, It has been four busy days since Smile of Depression…savor the strawberries and flush the shit” launched. It has been a lifetime waiting for me to be able to tell my truth. Pretty surreal experience…
Reminisces of a Horse Crazy Gal
How do you define “Horse Crazy Gal”? It’s simply a girl or woman who prefers the company of equines to that of humans. Not that she is antisocial, but feels “at home” with horses like maybe she really is part…