[Stoat]

Boring horsie story. Haven't thought about them for years, until now.
 

Not boring at all!  Those of us who have been, unfortunately, trapped in cities much, most or all of our lives oftentimes find ourselves yearning for such 'boring' life experiences.  To me, such a story is far more interesting than hearing about the most recent crackhead who overdosed on the other side of town.  Stories such as yours are what SHOULD be filling our days, not so much of the ugliness that passes for 'news' and 'life' these days.

Thank you  :-)

[Pajamajan]

"such a story is far more intersting than hearing about the most recent crackhead who overdosed on the other side of town. Stories such as yours are what SHOULD be filling our days"

Amen to that.

[endthematrix]

America's farming and pioneer heritage is kept alive with draft horse enthusiasts. My wife and I volunteered at our local living history museum, "Blackberry Farm’s Pioneer Village" in Aurora, IL. I was a blacksmith and my wife worked in the spinning and pioneer cabins. While there I learned that there are many citizens keeping our nations great history alive. Even exporting it to countries in Africa and South America, where even today their agriculture and factory production can't compete with America in the 1800's! So they train members of their society in blacksmithing and draft animals, hoping that they can lift their economies. Not with money from the World Bank, but from their own hand. A hand up, not a hand out, so to speak.