: About Me

Since retiring after teaching horsemanship for forty years I have been writing full time in order to pass on what I've learned about animals, people and how to teach them. My newest book, Horses, will be out January 15, 2009.

My husband and I have two adult children and two grandchildren.

We share our lives with an assortment of cats, dogs, horses and various wild animals that I write about on my blog Secrets of a Lazy Trainer at http://secretsofalazytrainer.blogspot.com

I've been writing ever since I first learned how. Most of my published work has been in the form of articles for magazines, newspaper columns and non-fiction books.

Holly Lisle at http://shop.hollylisle.com/jamaffiliates/jrox.php?id=165 has two of my books, Horses For Writers and How to Have a Civilized Horse available. This is also an excellent source of books for writers who want to improve their skills.

My passion is ...

New Knowledge

I know too much about ...

Horses

My parents always told me ...

Work hard

My childhood ambition ...

To own a bunch of horses

My favorite memory ...

The first time I saw my babies

Why I write ...

Because I can't not write.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Terry Prachett and Dean Koontz

My first job ...

Drug store soda counterjerk

My best moment ...

When I got up this morning

My inspiration ...

Anyone who keeps trying

Pets & Animals > Horses (Other) Horses: The funniest thing

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Midnight Intruder All alone, late one night, I couldn't sleep and decided to do some serious house cleaning. I got into the cleaning mode and at one point had my back door propped open so I could sweep sand back outside. This was on a ranch down in South Texas and sand is always a problem. I'd finished cleaning the den and progressed to the kitchen. In the middle of giving my cabinets a serious scrub down I heard a noise from the den. At first I thought it was my dog, but then I realized Dottie was lying under the kitchen table. Her head was raised and attention fixed on the door that led ...

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