The Big Fear

December 5, 2017Posted inSage
November 29, 1997 I’m always on missions. The mission for this column is FEAR! I’m talking to new: Women Adult Riders Inspired by the Option of Retirement or WARRIOR! This is for the WARRIORS who have discovered the unforgiving hardness of the ground and developed fear. The WARRIOR buys a horse and it bolts, bucks or shys and the WARRIOR hits the ground. The ground whispers to you...death, broken bones, pain. Your continuing mortality becomes a great concern. Your self confidence goes underground!You are not alone. You are in the…

Riding Velvet is ah sigh so Good

December 5, 2017Posted inMiscellaneous, Velvet
I decided to ride Velvet for a while at Pine Dell Farm every evening that it was in the high 20's to 30's.  Ah, life is good with an highly trained finished horse. I just might be over my mad desire to have a young horse to finish every 5-8 years or so.  It's fun to get Velvet and I back into coordination.

Lord Help Me Jesus

December 5, 2017Posted inVelvet
Velvet brought me one step closer to redemption.  I don't believe I've ever felt the need to scream outloud my need for Jesus to save me.  I've had the thought many times, but I kept it internal.  I've had conversations wtih Jesus and God before, but no one got to listen in.  Velvet, the trained cow horse, got me to scream for help for all to hear. Everyone in the cow clinic and all the auditors and probably the neighbors heard me scream, "Lord Help Me Jesus!" Velvet took over…

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…

Cisco and Susan in the Park

December 5, 2017Posted inCISCO
Cisco and I have been fortunate to get a trail ride partner. Hope is riding Lucky Star and I'm riding Cisco. Cisco and Hope are being rehabbed. Cisco was rode for three years by his past owner. He was rode alone, along roads etc.. He was in trail training until his wildest spooks were the sudden stop and bracing his front legs. Then I won him in the raffle and he became my arena horse. It's been about three years of both indoor and outdoor arena riding with a few…

Cisco Buddy Sweet

December 5, 2017Posted inCISCO, Country Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Everyone calls this Buddy sour, but that is so negative for a dependence problem. Cisco has a personality that lends him to be dependent on others...usually a horse. Cisco and Lucky were boarded together this summer. I've been trailering Cisco and Lucky lately to a park where my friend got to ride Lucky. At no time was Cisco able to let Lucky out of his direct sight. If Lucky walked behind a trailer, Cisco went hysterical. I had to saddle Cisco where he could see Lucky. If not, Cisco became…