by LR | Sep 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Skin And Respiratory Reactions in Horses Allergies. Has there ever been a time when so many horses (and people!) are suffering from allergies? Horses often do suffer from allergies when their sensitive immune system overreacts to a variety of stimulus from the...
by LR | Mar 5, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing, Uncategorized
This week we switch to Daylight Savings Time–usually a sign that winter is over. In a little more than a week, spring official begins. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel like it! Here in the Mid Atlantic, we’re still experiencing sub-freezing temps, ice...
by LR | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
I just finished reading Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, written by Karen Abbott, and feel as if it should be required reading for all history students. The book covers the life of four women–two Confederate and two Union Army...
by LR | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
The name Harriet Tubman brings to mind an American legend—a woman who risked death in pursuit of freedom and continued to do so in order to bring others to freedom. She has become a mythic, larger-than-life character on the stage of history, which makes me wonder all...
by LR | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
While kneeling in the sand and weeding by hand my riding arena (yes, I do this because I am obsessive compulsive about weeds) it occurred to me that the task was a lot like writing a novel. How so? I looked at the overgrowth of weeds invading my ring and resolved to...
by LR | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Night falls quicker. The days are shorter. I rush to get everything done before dark because I hate to go out in the evening. This is autumn and every year I know it will send me down a dark hole of lethargy, pessimism, and the blues. I hate the darkness (and...
