Q and A With the Cowgirl Part 1

DX Jurassic Classic (Dino- also Gump's baby bro); photo by Megan Zeller

A couple days ago I opened myself up to be asked whatever y’all might want to know. So I’m going to answer those now: From Maureen: When did you first start riding? Did/do your parents ride and did you always have horses? When did you know horses would be “your life?” Maureen- for a brief [...]

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Snowy Days

Snow Covered Yucca

Well it happened. As I said yesterday- it was snowing. And it snowed. And it snowed. And it snowed some more. All day. It was snowing when I awoke at 6:45am, and was still snowing last night when I went to bed. This morning I traversed outside to find about a foot of snow on [...]

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Valentine’s Day Over-kill

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I don’t know that I’ve ever been completely stoked about Valentine’s day. I’m sure there were times in my life, when I was excited that my beau would feel the pressure to buy me flowers and getting them at school or work was always fun. And I do love how fresh flowers smell. Though, recently [...]

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Friday Friends

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One of the best things about being a woman, if you ask me, is the friendships. Those friendships in which you are secure- where you don’t have to talk everyday. Where you know you both still love each other, and will be there when the other one needs you to be. The friendships which may [...]

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Snowy Roads

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I have really not got much fodder lately. Yesterday you’d have thought I’d completely fallen off the face of the planet, seeing as how I had nothing. Nothing.  Part of the problem, which I may have failed to mention, is that it has been raining, on and off since the 28th of January. It’s rained [...]

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The State of the Horse Industry: Part 3

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Previously we’ve looked at Arguments 1 and 2, in favor of closing the horse processing facilities.  And if you missed the introduction, or the post that defined animal rights vs. animal welfare, you might want to catch up before reading this one! Today we’ll tackle Argument 3 (from this report)- that horse owners will do [...]

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