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  • The Very Last Photo

    The Very Last Photo

    What’s the last photo on your phone? Is it a meme? Is it a photo you asked someone to take, while the other participants grumbled, snarling about how they don’t like their picture taken? But you just went along ignoring their comments and poking them to smile and doing what you do? Are you the…

  • If A Broom Can Stand On Its Own, You can Accomplish Anything

    If A Broom Can Stand On Its Own, You can Accomplish Anything

    Recently my Facebook feed was clogged with photos of brooms standing on their own. Just a bunch of photos. No explanation. I wanted to make jokes about why they were taking photos of the brooms instead of using them to sweep their dirty floors, but I resisted. Instead I went to Google and asked why…

  • Celebrate The Moments, Big & Small

    Celebrate The Moments, Big & Small

    Goodbye 2018. Is it the end of a chapter? Or just a paragraph? Or perhaps an entire book? I know there are the cynical ones who point and laugh and say “Look at all those idiots acting like they’re going to change just because there’s a different number labeling the year.” I don’t really care.…

  • If You Want To Feel The Love, Give It

    If You Want To Feel The Love, Give It

    The week before thanksgiving, an idea started to take root in my heart. I wanted to go to Paradise, California to help the survivors of the Camp Fire, which burned over 100,000 acres, displaced around 50,000 people and took the lives of 85 residents. My husband and I made arrangements to volunteer for the Oroville…

  • The Secrets Behind The Eyes of Horses

    The Secrets Behind The Eyes of Horses

    Earlier this month I attended the Oregon Draft Horse Breeders Association plow competition in McMinnville. You might recall I attended last year and you can find those photos here. The day was a little wet. As in, I was continuously wiping the lens free of rain drops and turning my back to sideways rain. I…

  • Products To Love & Win: THANKSgiveaway

    Products To Love & Win: THANKSgiveaway

    For a little holiday cheer, I’m reviewing (and giving away!) the Solo-Ride mounting aid, a Pink Pinecone Studio neck warmer, a subscription to Northwest Horse Source and a bag of barn-useful goodies. Before we get to the goods, a little legal stuff. I was not paid by any of the below businesses for my reviews.…

  • Don’t Make My Mistake: Thank A Farmer

    Don’t Make My Mistake: Thank A Farmer

    Today was National Farmer’s Day. I only saw one post on social media about it. None of the horse pages I follow mentioned it. Not even the feed stores I follow posted anything about it. They mentioned a fundraiser for FFA, Future FARMERS of America, but nothing about thanking a farmer. No wonder someone made a day to…