She Came Knocking-Miss America

December 5, 2017Posted inMiscellaneous, Miss America
I thought my life was pretty exciting. It is not the case.  I found out just how boring my real life was.  It happened at 5:45 AM October 2012  Tues.   I was trying to catch Lucky Star in the yard and put him back into the pasture. I've been from house to barn and no Lucky! Usually Lucky Star sees my in the yard and silently appears about 6" from my face.   I shook the grain bucket and I caught a glimpse of him in the light of the…

A Wonderful Compliment- miraculous

August 5, 2017Posted inMiscellaneous
Good information! Thank You Susan! And then it happened...I went down the Rabbit Hole of Susan's Blog and have been happily reading your blog for an hour. I love you honesty. Makes me feel less alone on my horse adventures and gave me many belly laughs. I had to claw my way out of the Rabbit Hole to go pick up my truck. But I will surely retun to reading them very soon. Love to read your quirky writing! PS: Now don't get a big head over this post. As…

Music is Emotional- Just Ask the Beatles!

March 17, 2017Posted inMiscellaneous
It was announced that Rain- a Tribute to the Beatles, would be playing at The Kauffman Center for Performing Arts. Dang I missed this when signing up for the usher shifts. Of course, the usher spots were filled now. Hmmmm, thought I. I would like to hear the Beatles music again, so I vowed to get a ticket. Oooops forgot until the day before when attending usher training at The Kauffman Center. Life was good as the box office was open. I asked when the Beatles would be appearing and…

Opera will Cure It

November 10, 2016Posted inMiscellaneous
I ushered the opera Marriage of Figaro the day after the Trump / Clinton presidential election.  Facebook was burning up.  I felt horrible on that morning as I was planning on celebrating our first woman president...not!  I decided that I couldn't even ride Cisco as I might take my sadness and grumpiness out on him.  But I did go to Cisco and was lucky enough to have multi world champion trainer, Erin Patterson, ride  him.  When I went to the pasture to get Cisco, I forgot about the election.  After…

Phoenix and Let Me Ride Your Horse

June 17, 2016Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Miscellaneous, Velvet
I was like this!!  I rode other people's horses in my young adult formative years. Long long ago in the 70's, visiting in Walsenburg, Colorado, I paid a cowboy to ride his horse. This wasn't a rental horse situation.  This guy rode horses as part of his job, probably cows.  I got on his horse and rode out into the dessert, just me and the horse. I came back and rode around his property, because it was just a little boring out there in the dessert scrub. The cowboy seemed…

The Mind of a Horse

May 16, 2016Posted inCISCO, Miscellaneous, Missouri Fox Trotter
You will be surprised to learn about Cisco's mind. Cisco is a left brain introvert. That means he thinks through things and isn't a big fan moving. He likes to move. He likes to stop. But what Cisco really is...is a worrier. He worries about things. It can take him a long time to get comfortable in a new place. His worry is very low key as he is thinking while he is worrying. During his worrying phase, he likes to move. That keeps him relaxed. When he moves, I'm…