I'm glad you shared your experiences. They sound wonderful. Are your
miniature horses in Georgia seeing-eye horses? (I guess seeing-eye isn't
the appropriate word, is it? Is it trademarked? But I forgot the alternate
term.
Cindy
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--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] proofed Silver Saddles
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:13 AM
> I can't remember who submitted Silver
> Saddle, but I proofed and checked it in last night. Boy did
> it bring back memories for me. I wasn't involved in the
> Saddlebred horse area, but I lived and breathed horses for
> 20 years. My choice was Missouri Foxtrotters. I had a mare
> for 19 years named Candy and she had 3 foals. The first
> Shadow I took to a John Lions clinic when she was 3 to train
> her to ride. He was very popular at the time and gave 4 day
> seminars in which folks brought an unbroke horse and learned
> how to break and ride them during that 4 days. I was
> impressed that he never batted an eye at having a totally
> blind person come with her horse. I took a friend with me to
> help me get around since it was all new territory and I had
> to put my energy into Shadow not worrying about basics like
> getting around. It went pretty well, though after I had my
> time in the round pen with John and was riding Shadow,
> I went into a near by corral to continue practicing. A dog
> ran out of the brush near the fence and Shadow shied, reared
> and then bucked when she came down. I ended up on the ground
> as you might imagine. Poor Shadow just stood there looking
> down at me as if wondering what the heck I was laying in the
> dirt for. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one to fall off
> during the seminar. Two others did as well so I didn't feel
> like I left an impression on John that blind people weren't
> able to handle the seminars. Had a mighty big bruise on my
> hip after that for quite a while. My mom and dad were out
> from MI visiting for a few weeks in the winter as they did
> and my poor mom was quite upset and didn't want me to go
> back the next day, but of course I did. By then they had
> given up on me listening much to reason.
>
> I've met a couple of the trainers mentioned in the book as
> well. Phoenix was a real western town still even in the 80's
> and early 90's. I lived right in the city limits, but still
> had horse property. The Arabian horse industry was still
> huge then and I had the opportunity to meet some of the big
> players like Tom Chonsey and spent some time on his spread
> in north Scottsdale. It was kind of sad in a way to see that
> all pretty much go away and the big Arabian farms cut up
> into housing developments.
>
> Now I just have my two miniature horses. I brought them
> with me to GA. They're quite happy. This is the first time
> in their lives being able to graze on grass. The first
> couple of days I had to limit them so they didn't get sick.
>
> Well, sorry for reminiscing. That book really affected me.
> Made me feel very nostalgic.
>
> Denise
>
>
>
>
> At 01:24 PM 10/15/2009, you wrote:
> > Just finished uploading "Old Witch Rescues Halloween!"
> by Wende and Harry
> > Devlin.
> >
> > Long Synopsis: Old Witch uses her magic to overcome
> Mr. Butterbean's edict
> > against Halloween.
> > Comments: The title page is correct with the words For
> Heather in italics
> > between the two lines of the title. Please contact me
> at vlmaples@bellsouth
> > if you have any questions. This is a library book we
> will return within a
> > week. should be an easy proof!
> >
> > Take care!
> > Valerie
> >
> > Currently scanning "Don't You Wish" by Robin Jones
> Gunn/ the Sierra Jensen
> > Series
> > Currently proofing: Angel Pawprints by
> Laurel e. Hunt
> > Imprisoned In The Golden City (Trailblazer Books #8)
> by Neta & Dave Jackson
> > Broken Dishes (Benni Harper, Book 11) by Earlene
> Fowler
> > Ten Days To Self-Esteem
> >
> >
> >
> >
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