A Dog Named Saturday
Coffee Clutch got its name from the blog posts I wrote for years from the barn sitting enjoying my morning coffee with my mare, dogs, kitties and chickens. Folks really enjoyed them. Coffee Clutch is more than a newsletter. It’s a visit, it’s information, it’s fun, it’s musings, barn talk, writing talk, bird talk, horse talk and faith thoughts. And of course, it’s all the news about A DOG NAMED SATURDAY, old new and coming soon.
I’ll share some of my works in progress, upcoming publications, and more. Folks enjoy “The Old Man on the Porch, and Grandpop too, so they’ll be dropping in.
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PRE-RIDE WARM UPS FOR YOUR HORSE
Howdy Friends! Pre-Ride Warm Ups: It is not only important, but also only fair to “warm up,” your horse pre-ride. What’s the best way? Lunging is not really a warm up Back in my endurance and competitive riding days I’d see folks all over lunging their horses...
SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK (8)
Howdy Friends! Saturday Learns the Ten Commandments – Sneak Peek 8. In this scene, Saturday, Kessy, Danielle and Fluffernutter have followed Butterfly to Moses. Moses begins to answer their questions. ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: Finally Moses spoke, “It might be best if we...
SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK(7)
Howdy Friends! Saturday Learns the Ten Commandments-Sneak Peek 7. In this scene beautifully illustrated by TROY Locker Palmer, Saturday, Kessy, Danielle and Fluffernutter follow Butterfly who leads them to Moses. ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: It seemed to Saturday, as they...
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEASONS
. .Howdy Friends! Gazing out the big barn door, I poured my second cup. My mare Rosie tugged her hay, my dog lay beside me. Hotter this morning than the past few, but a feeling of change danced in the air. It had been a hot summer, and as all seasons, this summer...
A COMPLIANT HORSE OR WILLING PARTNER
Howdy Friends! There is a difference between a compliant horse and a willing partner. A horse trained into compliance by the use of dominant tactics, force or stiff unrelenting repetition and gadgets, will always feel the need to test each new rider, owner or...
SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – SNEAK PEEK (6)
Howdy Friends! Saturday Learns the Ten Commandments – Sneak Peek 6. In this scene Saturday , Kessy, Danielle and Fluffernutter have met Butterfly. And begin to follow her. . ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: So Saturday decided right then to say out loud, “Dear God, why is it...
EQUINE POSTURE EXERCISES: ARMPIT RELEASE
ARMPIT RELEASE Howdy Friends! I'm passionate about promoting the understanding of the importance of maintaining your horse's proper and healthy, posture and body carriage. Most of what we do with our horses destroy the horse's posture and body carriage. So I try to...
THE OLD GNARLED STUMP
THE OLD GNARLED STUMP Howdy Friends! The gnarled old stump is all that remains of what had surely been a towering majestic oak. Even today in its worn and weathered state, blackened, broken and misshapen by decades of wear born of freezing, baking in the sun, birds...
TIPS FOR TRIMMING YOUR BAREFOOT HORSE
TIPS FOR TRIMMING YOUR BAREFOOT HORSE Howdy Friends! Trimming your own barefoot horse is easy to do, and I encourage folks to learn how. One key piece of advice I like to give is, keep it simple. There seems to be a lot of conversation out there making a simple thing...
SOMETIMES A HORSE JUST CAN’T
SOMETIMES A HORSE JUST CAN’T Howdy Friends! Sometimes a horse simply can’t do what we ask. They are not disobeying—nor do they need more training, or discipline. We need to pay closer attention to our horse. And less to our own demands, desires. Sometimes I get broken...
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