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Horses Help Forge Lasting Friendships

Tucker is facing the camera, while Juliana’s back is to the camera

Tucker and Juliana are a perfect example of the type of friendships that are built at New Hope. Away from the outside pressures of school, society in general…

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Concert Tickets – Then and Now

This is a picture of a picture in the newspaper. I’m sure I have the original, but I wouldn’t begin to know where.

Full disclosure: I/We rarely go to many events because we don’t enjoy crowds anymore and getting tickets…

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Chisholm Challenge Award Luncheon

After being under the weather last week – and staying out of the weather then and now – it’s back to the Chisholm Challenge news and the awards luncheon.

Looking outside now at all the frozen white, it’s hard to…

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R.I.P David Crosby, Memories, and Cardi’s

David Crosby and band

David Crosby joins those musicians of our era that Cyndy and I have seen a few years before they passed away. Leon Russell and Gregg Allman are two others on the list. Unfortunately, there are more.

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Chisholm Challenge – The Aftermath

By now, everyone – horses, riders, and volunteers – has had a chance to rest. Some of the riders and volunteers have been riding to exercise the horses, re-live Chisholm Challenge, and sooth their soul.

Tomorrow will be the New…

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A Horse is a Horse Except When It’s Not

Now that I have your attention, I’ll explain what I mean. No, I don’t mean that at any time, a horse is not a horse. That is not in my bailiwick. I mean that every horse is different – like…

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Chisolm Challenge – Load In

 

While I was posting yesterday, volunteers were setting up the horse’s stalls and tack room. It took a number of volunteers several hours to get everything set up. They also erected the banner at our gathering area for Chisolm Challenge…

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How donations make riding possible

Darren had a stroke in utero that resulted in many physical and developmental challenges, as well as cognitive and emotional disabilities.

Darren didn’t feel like…

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