news from the homestead: July 29, 2010

The New Edition Is Here!

The new edition of my latest book, A Horse’s Thought, A Journey into Honest Horsemanship, is now available! It can be ordered through this website now. If you’d like an autographed copy, after completing your order please e-mail that request to me through the contacts page here on the website.

I’m very excited about the new layout for this soft cover edition and want to thank Chris Legg (www.bluefinagency.com) for his masterful work on that. I also wish to thank many other folks who have helped in various ways to bring about this new edition including Carol Moates, Harry Whitney, and Emily Kitching. Kathy Baker allowed me to use a photo she took of me and Stoney at a Harry Whitney/Ronnie Moyer clinic in Floyd, Virginia last October, which I am very grateful for.

I had a blast this year catching many days of clinics with Harry Whitney (www.harrywhitney.com) and so many great folks and horses over at Mendin' Fences Farm in Tennessee. Jubal The Wonder Horse gained some regional celebrity status doing a great job helping Harry as a saddle horse, working many other horses over the 7 week stay there. I'll post a new picture of those two in action with this news update.

On the writing front, it looks like the new book (the next in series behind A Horse's Thought) everyone is eagerly asking about may be in-hand in August. I'm working to meet that personal deadline, and will keep you posted on that.

The renowned award-winning author, poet, and editor, Linda Hasselstrom, (whose work about ranching in South Dakota in particular I enjoyed reading last winter when we were snowed in here forever) agreed to an interview with me and proved an exceptional subject for Western Horseman's "Women of the West" department. That has just hit the stands in the current issue, and her extensive website is great fun, so check it out: www.windbreakhouse.com. I've got two articles in The Trail Rider currently, one combines interviews with Harry, Bryan Neubert, and Martin Black on the topic of finding a decent trail horse. And I've got the cover feature on the new issue of Paint Horse Journal, which is about ranching on some sizable outfits up in Oregon.

Thanks to all those who have given such wonderfully feedback on the new layout of the newly released soft cover of A Horse's Thought! It is overwhelmingly positive, and I greatly appreciate all the support.