If you have ever lived with and truly loved a horse, you know it’s not just a phase you go through. They are entrenched in your heart and your connection with them is part of the fabric of your soul, and if you take enough time to watch and listen to them, you may be lucky enough to witness amazing moments, because when they trust you, they let you into their private world, and you become a part of their herd. I...
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I had a meeting with a client yesterday and was presented with the usual dilemma of what to wear. Fortunately, the business end of it was solid and secure, but switching from my usual private “barn clothes”, that are OH so comfortable, is always a challenge, especially since I usually work from the comforts of my home or out in the field, literally. It was so much easier as a public education “official”...
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O. Helene Kobelnyk launches optimistic lifestyle magazine. Read the whole story about the New Mexico based online publication here. More information and the “rest of the story” can be found in the latest press release. Read Helene’s guest post on Black Star Rising — the leap from photographer to publisher. Newly released limited edition prints will be available through February 2013 only. Order now to have...
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It was the coldest night of season and I awoke at 5:30 this morning and turned on the TV to watch “Balalaika” with Nelson Eddy, from under a warm down comforter and snuggled among my doggies. A point of clarification, Nelson Eddy is in the movie, not in my bed. I grew up with the Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald musicals, and Balalaika (costar is Ilona Massey) was always one of my favorites, and my mom’s,...
Read MoreI’m pretty tired of these “self-righteous” morning news show hosts. It’s bad enough they can’t come up with their own news, they now drag videos off YouTube and put the creators on the show. The poor mom who made this prank video was so frowned upon because she had made her son cry, with the concensus being that is was a “cruel prank”. Her response was that she wanted her son to have a...
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Dear Autobody Ruidoso, I’m a woman with a pick-up truck and while I admit to not having the love affair with my vehicle as most likely you gentlemen have with yours, I do love my truck. I just didn’t realize how much until someone backed into me. I agonized every time I looked at the unsightly scene, but you reassured me that you had seen worse and quickly scheduled me in. On Friday I picked up my truck and was...
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