But I believe my dad had it right. There’s really only one thing you need to be successful in whatever you’re trying to do. And that one thing drives all the others. I remember the conversation as if it were yesterday. We were driving home from my part-time job at Bob’s Camera Store and I had been thinking a lot about the future. How was a sixteen-year-old supposed to know what to do with his life; which way to point? There were so many things to consider, and college was barely a year away. As we rounded the corner from Highland onto Southern I turned to my dad.

“How am I supposed to go about choosing a career? Where do I start?” His response was profound, and not of the times, and for some reason that surprised me. Read More→

He will have been here only two weeks tomorrow. And he came with a few issues, stemming I’m sure from having lived with six owners in six years, and one fully blown abandonment. Some of these issues show up more around feeding time which I’m pretty certain will vanish as soon as he realizes that he’ll never be short changed on food again. And I’m sure one or more of his owners was harsh with his training. And pretty sure he has never played and worked totally at liberty as we are doing in and around feeding times. He knew how to back up, but, at liberty, every time I asked for it he’d toss his head high, eyes wide, and step back lively, even reared once… Read More→

As you can guess, we’ve been feeling pretty low since November 13. The joy was missing from going down to feed and play with the horses. I don’t think I even realized how all encompassing his presence was, our relationship was. And I was beginning to feel the passion slipping out of what I do. So I started glancing around, not expecting to find another Cash, but maybe a search would at least redirect me. Make busy work. But God got into it right away. I was lured into calling a lady in Kentucky about a horse she had for sale. When I told her our story with Cash she said “You don’t want that horse, but I have another. He isn’t for sale but I think he’s perfect for you and your situation and if you think so too I will sell him.” So I went up to meet this horse. Read More→

As I often do, I need to kind of go away and be on my own to process something for myself before getting back to it in the real world. I went for a walk in the rain soaked woods this morning with my dog Matea. There is snow on the ground, a half inch or so, and it was raining and cold. I thought about you and Cash. And I came to this.

A million horses would have switched places with Cash if they could, if it just meant they too could have had the life Cash did for the past ten years.

You once wrote that you believe Read More→

From Beth Floyd: “I recommend your book to new horse owners all the time. I have acquired a plethora of equine books over the years but….. Yours is my favorite. So real, honest and humble.” Read More→