Ode to Bill – we can never escape the goodbyes … None of us who love and own animals can escape the goodbyes. I know for us personally it’s been a year of goodbyes but as the months have passed and … Read More
Henry Calvert 1798-c.1869 for Thursday is Art Day It’s lovely to be back writing a Thursday Art Day blog. The complexities of life has slowed me down with my blog’s of late but I’ll endeavour to get back into some … Read More
All value, all poetry, words to remember… CarleVernet – Mamluke with drawn sword The words written by W.G.Palgrave, in his book ‘Central and Eastern Arabia’, have NEVER left my mind in all the years I’ve been breeding Arabian horses and … Read More
What a week it’s been! Not even enough time to do a blog so I hope with this beautiful poem I can make up for my tardiness. My week has been about ongoing drafting of book 3, searching for a new editor and I’ve … Read More
Words on the Arabian horse to enjoy and ponder. Lithograph by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz. From: “Die Pferde-Racen”. (The horse breeds) Zuerich, 1842 If you’re fortunate enough to own or breed Arabian horses you quickly learn why so much is written … Read More
The Garryowen Trophy I remember as a young girl watching the competitors in the “Garryowen Trophy” at Melbourne Royal Show, dreaming impossible dreams and riding with determination in an attempt to make them come true. I was taught riding by Eileen Coffey twice … Read More
Let’s start this week with another fantastic article by a writer I admire enormously … World Peace, One Horse at a Time By The Alpha Mare www.saratoga.com on September 10, 2011 12:13 PM M.E.Altieri It’s the eve of 9/11/11, and, like … Read More
Do you remember the stores you read as a child. For me many of these books remain burned into my mind and I can recall childhood stories probably easier than many of the novels I’ve read as an adult. Naturally … Read More