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  • The Best Way To Remember History Is To See It In Action

    The Best Way To Remember History Is To See It In Action

    The second time I ever spoke to Michelle Blumenthal on the phone I was telling her that I had just got my husband’s truck (without him in it) stuck on her steep driveway and I needed help. I apologized for my city-slicker ways. She laughed and sent someone to rescue me. Country girl I am…

  • 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…

  • Horses & Plows Look Like Salt Of The Earth

    Horses & Plows Look Like Salt Of The Earth

    [social_warfare]Before Paul Harvey wrote his moving speech So God Made A Farmer horses and farmers had been working together to plow deep and straight rows for years. A couple weeks ago I got a taste for what that work might have looked like way back when. I attended the Oregon Draft Horse Breeders Association plowing competition in…