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.
PRECIOUS THINGS
PRECIOUS THINGS Howdy Friends! The air cloaked us in its quiet, this second day of the new year. Even the roosters seemed reluctant to lift their voices. . No train in the distance, no bird song from high tree branches. In the stillness Lizzy's munching seemed as a...
GIFTS AND FRUITS – DEVOTIONAL
GIFTS AND FRUITS - DEVOTIONAL Howdy Friends! “We all have talents and skills,” Grandpop said. “And those talents and skills help us get things done. If we use them.” . “What’s that mean?” The lad asked as he struggled to get the knot tied in the frayed rope. “I guess...
DEVOTIONAL – GIFTS AND FRUITS
Howdy Friends! “We all have talents and skills,” Grandpop said. “And those talents and skills help us get things done. If we use them.”
DEVOTIONAL – “ANXIETY”
DEVOTIONAL ANXIETY Howdy Friends! Wind blew hard most of the day. Dust and debris flew as if propelled by jet engines. The barn door banged like a marching band’s drummers. Inside the barn, fingers of rage could not reach. Grandpop loved the barn most on days such as...
Devotional – “HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER
DEVOTIONAL - HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER Howdy Friends! They’d worked pretty much in silence that morning. The young boy was only on his first day there, and he hadn’t grasped the meaning of all this barn work. He threw his manure fork against the wall in rebellion,...
TRADING EMPATHY FOR TRUTH
TRADING EMPATHY FOR TRUTH Howdy Friends! Something dangerous is happening in the church today. It doesn’t come wearing horns or hatred. It comes wearing a smile, it sounds soft. It feels warm – but it’s deadly. . It’s called Empathy without Truth. Once upon a time,...
NO HORSE SHOULD EVER BE TIED IN A CROSS TIE ~
. NO HORSE SHOULD EVER BE TIED IN A CROSS TIE ~ Howdy Friends! And I Replied: Sorry for the delay, I just saw your response, regarding, “Please explain what cross-ties do to harm a horse’s posture” First please let me apologize, I did not mean to insult or offend when...
LIZZY’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!
Howdy Friends! Today, one year ago, I received a phone call from my veterinarian. She said, “I know a horse who needs to come to you, today.” It was only 5 days after Miss Rosie had died, and she’d been here for us that horribly sad day. At that moment I had no idea...
THRUSH: A CONVERSATION
Howdy Friends! In a conversation about Thrush, I decided it would be good to share one of my responses. Hope some find this helpful. "ALSO, thrush enters the hoof capsule through a weakened white line (lamina), not along in the frog seam as most believe, then travels...
ALL CORRECT POSTURE BEGINS WITH THE FEET
ALL CORRECT POSTURE BEGINS WITH THE FEET Howdy Friends! I was asked yesterday, “How do you engage the core to get a straight back. Is this more for a sway back horse or to improve topline?” I responded, “This is much more than a "sway back horse." In fact ALL sway...
My Book Shop
