Is she you? I know this beautiful woman. She’s first and foremost at this point in her life, a mom, and someone that you recognize at first glance as knowing their way around horses and cattle. She’s stop-you-in-your-tracks-beautiful….and that’s just on the inside. She doesn’t wear make-up day to day, and her nails are infrequently polished. But she makes such nice horses. Sometimes she might braid a little rawhide too, but never shares the creations online for fear of keyboard warriors. She...

Where I've been! Hi friends. It’s been a while…ok, so maybe more than a while? The last few years were very intentional. Going to Georgetown was a choice….and frankly, has become the greatest blessing of my life. It was also the opportunity to grow, to learn, and stretch myself far beyond any concept of my everyday “familiar” has been. Even if, quite frankly I’ve never lived a terribly “normal” life! What I didn’t expect when I headed to our nation’s capital, was the depth of friendship,...

If you’ve ever lived in a constant state of fight or flight, you know that existing within that space is basically a lot of panic…very little disco. When I was a little girl, my family always used to joke that I was “feral”...and I never quite grew out of that.  At 14, I bought and moved into my first tipi. I taught my good horse, Cappy, to haul a travois, and together we drug that lodge across my family’s property. Camping, trapping, learning edible plants and setting deadfalls, swimming in...