90 years old… a very tiny well dressed, silver haired lady with an Australian accent makes her entrance on a Thursday evening to the Ranch… I ask her if she would like a glass of wine… Of course she replies as she takes off her little fur headband off and fixes her hair… my dining…

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On this chilly fall morning – I embrace the chance to have my first bowl of oatmeal with honey and I splurge with some heavy cream to fill in the cracks. A hot cup of Earl Grey Tea with more of that luscious cream sits beside the laptop. The quiet peaceful ringing of the chimes…

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A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. ~Lois Wyse Spending 2 days in Chelsea Michigan with some 35 riders and spectators that have known me 2 minutes to 20 years… I sat back and…

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This is a Flapper Pie… my Pops loves them – after breakfast he asks if I remember the recipe (as he made them all the time when we were little)… he forgets I have google! We decide to time it… as I said this would be a good idea for the blog… So here’s your…

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It can fix tears… It can help the scratched knee… It congratulates… It says I love you… It can give you strength… It can say I’m sorry… It can say things will be ok… It can say thank you… When I write… I want my words to hug you… I feel we need humanity more…

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We can’t measure our goodness by what we don’t do…by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude… We must measure our goodness by what we embrace and create and who we include… 32 riders and a few extra husbands and friends hanging out, no one was left behind… Each day we worked on…

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A simple plain glass of chocolate milk… yet this chocolate milk is a velvety, smooth malted taste that reminds you of an old fashioned malt… That’s not the only place this simple glass of chocolate milk takes me… The glass comes from my dear friend Kathy Drain. Many years ago I got a surprise package…

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Listen with gratitude when around successful business people… it’s great to read articles, listen to TED talk – but the best is to hear from an experienced voice… I recently spent a couple days working horses and getting to visit with the retired CEO of the Hershey corporation… it was truly an incredible experience, with…

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It’s just a day when I think of many questions… I’m the blogger who writes in the moment… not planned… not prewritten… today I’ve rode 7 or 8 different horses… each time thinking how I can help the horse… yet in return it helps me… so I thought… Are you a women in search of your…

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