You can always learn something new
So this week on Monday, I traveled out to Standing Ovation Equestrian Center for my first ever dressage lesson. I was really nervous and I had no idea what I was getting into. We got there and we were...
View ArticleObama’s U.N. Speech
This Tuesday, President Obama gave a speech to the United Nations concerning Iran, Syria and nuclear weapons. In recent politics, this has been a topic of hot debate, beginning when Obama sought to...
View ArticleHorses and Ballet?
Besides horses in my life, classical ballet has always been a prominent aspect, and oftentimes my little sister and I mix them together. I suppose that it is one of the things that only sisters can...
View ArticleNegatives and Positives
This week, I would like to take the time and opportunity to tell you a little bit about my other horse, Viva Las Vegas. She’s a little different from the horse that I normally write about, actually...
View ArticleBeezie Madden
To take a break from my own small world of horse back riding, I would like to use this post to take some time and talk about one of the most famous equestrian athletes in the sport: Beezie Madden. I …...
View ArticleBeauty and Strength
This week in my dressage lesson at Standing Ovation Stables I rode a horse named Rio. He was probably 16 hands tall (there are 4 inches to 1 hand) and he was extremely strongly breed. In other words,...
View ArticleTemple Grandin
In my mind, the definition of civic engagement also embodies making a change in an area of society that you belong to. This is exactly what Temple Grandin did. For those of you who don’t know, Temple...
View ArticlePony Club
Just last year I got involved with an organization known as Pony Club. Now when I tell people that I’m 18 years old and I’m in a Pony Club they look at me like, “Isn’t it time to grow up?” … Continue...
View ArticleResponsibility
Someone asked me the other day what I thought that the biggest thing I learned from horses was. I had to think about it for a moment and then I realized that the biggest thing that I have learned from...
View ArticleBatman
On November 15, the people of the city of San Francisco are taking part in one the highest forms of civic engagement that I can possibly imagine. The entire city is coming together to help a young...
View ArticleA Duck and a Pig
For my Spring 2014 passion blog, I am going to extend the life lessons that I have learned from horses to include the life lessons that I have learned from living on a farm in general. So here goes....
View ArticleA New Aspect to “Green Energy”
Over the years there have been many efforts to reduce our dependency and use of fossil fuels and to reduce our carbon footprint. Ideas such as corn-produced ethanol have been produced, however, didn’t...
View ArticlePampered
As everyone knows, a couple weeks ago it was like living in Alaska here in Pennsylvania. It was so cold that if you stepped outside with wet hair it turned into icicles within seconds, and if you had...
View ArticleCelebrate Life
You know that feeling when your phone rings and you know there is going to bad news on the other end of the line? That happens to me a lot actually. Normally with similar news. Last Thursday, my little...
View ArticleChevron
Although most of our Civic Issues Energy blogs have been about “green” energy and have generally stayed away from fossil fuels, newly discovered fossil fuels such as natural gas are still important...
View ArticleI’m Not So Afraid Anymore
Last week, I spoke about the little puppy that I surprised my mother with. Tetley originally came from a puppy mill, however, the lady who I bought her off had her for only two days. She had a 18 month...
View ArticleAnother New Addition!
Over spring break, my family once again welcomed the addition of another creature onto our farm. When we woke up Sunday morning, we had a new, little bull wandering around in the field. This will be...
View ArticlePatent No. 8,638,549
One of the most prominent technologies in everyone’s lives, especially those of college students, are laptops. Also very prominent in the lives of nearly everyone, regardless if you are a fan or not,...
View ArticleNo More
While living on a farm is certainly a lot of work, I never really see any downsides of residing there. Of course I have to get up at the crack of dawn a lot and I have to bring hay … Continue reading →
View ArticleA Rock and A Hard Place
I’m not sure if I mentioned this in one my past blogs, but about two weeks ago we went up to the field to find one of our most healthy brood cows dead. She had shown no symptoms of having … Continue...
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