Ode to my cowboy boots

Thank you for the years of shining service. For two whole years you took me through rodeos, parades, pageants and trails. Always supportive, always around. You might have required a spit shine or two, but you hung in there. Now you are retired to the status of work...

My Greatest Fear (and how it won’t leave me alone)

In continuing with sharing a little more about myself in each blog, I hereby share my greatest, irrational fear with you all. It is not failure. It is not heights. It is not public speaking. It is snakes. I’m scared-to- death,...

Reinvention and Originality

“We may only have a smidgen of God’s creativity, but what are you doing with that smidgen?” – Clint Kelly at the OCW One-Day Conference, Saturday, October 15th, 2011. Clint Kelly (who has to be one of the most entertaining speakers I’ve...

An interview with…myself (part 2!)

Last week, I started a four-part interview series with the most interesting subject I’ve ever hosted on this blog. Myself. (Kidding, kidding.) This week, the questions get a little deeper, and sometimes I wonder what this crazy interviewer was thinking. 🙂 11....

Family Resemblance: like grandsire, like grandson…

In researching the history of Polish Arabians for my current manuscript, I dug into the lineage of my own baby. See what I found! (and realize there’s a difference between my photography and the professional shots…) Do you see the family resemblance? Here...