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.
Sign up to join the ride! ~ Gitty up, Dutch.
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...
WELCOMING A NEW HORSE HOME
WELCOMING A NEW HORSE HOME Howdy Friends! In recent weeks I’ve had several emails from folks who have purchased a new horse and quickly became saddened, frustrated or disenchanted. All had statements along the lines of, “He wasn’t this way when I rode him there,” or...
LET YOUR HORSE UNDERSTAND YOU
Howdy Friends! Does your horse understand you? Have you spent the time, not teaching her or “training” her, but simply allowing her to understand you? Recently I spent the evening watching a versatility show and noticed riders operating in a different realm than their...
GLORY TO GOD IN ALL THINGS
Howdy Friends! “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.” Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:31. How do we do that? It’s easy to say it. But just how do we do, “Everything,” for the glory of God. Probably not so easy. We get...
HOLD THE MANE!
HOLD THE MANE! Howdy Friends! “Hold the Mane.” When going uphill, and traversing terrain changes I feel it’s best to grasp a handful of mane, and NOT the saddle. . Ride the horse, not the saddle. It makes the rider lighter in the saddle, and more connected to the...
WHO MADE GOD
Howdy Friends! “Who made God?” Not too long ago a young man was trying his best to prove to me, that his non-belief was a better way than my devotion to Heavenly Father. . He even said, “That’s a blind faith,” as we discussed points. “Yup.” I answered. “By faith alone...