The Christmas Rollercoaster These days, December has turned into a countdown to Christmas! Time for those of us who sell ‘things’ to jump on the ‘great idea for Christmas’ roller coaster. When this enjoyable article arrived from Philip E. Humbert I thought … Read More
The Tree of Life and The Origin of The Christmas Tree 5000 Years of History I wonder if we all realise the significance behind the Christmas tree. When the Fathers of the Christian Church in AD 340 decided upon an … Read More
I thought it might be nice to begin the week by sharing one of the many reminders pinned to the notice board in my office. So just for today I’ll share … ‘JUST FOR TODAY’- JUST FOR TODAY I will live … Read More
Why Do I Love to Read? Although I can’t imagine my own life without books I do have friends who don’t read novels. They read magazines about horses, fashion, beautiful homes or non-fiction books, but are not really into fiction. … Read More
Why are horseshoes considered lucky? Yesterday when I was bringing the horses up to their stables I came across a horseshoe. Our property has black soil, which is prone to shrinking and expanding quite dramatically, so in dry times the soil shrinks … Read More
We often convince ourselves there is always something better to wish for… Drawing: Carmel Rowley ‘The Boot Gang’ coloured by Trent Miles We say we’ll be happy if we find the right person, if we get married, if we have … Read More
At one point or another, we’ve all probably had a moment of regret for a foolish mistake. We may have wished for the moon, then bombarded ourselves with, ‘if only I could have done that or that should have happened to … Read More
How do you want to be remembered? Your footprint-hoofprint? by Carmel Rowley “Remember your humanity and forget the rest” Albert Einstein Have you ever stopped to think about how you’ll be remembered, by friends, your fellow breeders or even by … Read More
I often reminded to by friends to remember to use colour therapy in my day to day life. The idea is to remove the negatives of each colour then draw on the positives. For example, my list states the negatives of the colour RED are self-pity, impatience, … Read More
Let’s start this week with another fantastic article by a writer I admire enormously … World Peace, One Horse at a Time By The Alpha Mare www.saratoga.com on September 10, 2011 12:13 PM M.E.Altieri It’s the eve of 9/11/11, and, like … Read More