mar 7 2023
i have not run out of broadway shows to express my frustration- i will work on it.. "Roar of the Greasepaint Smell of the Crowd" comes immediately to mind.....there are several shows who's lyrics are now politically incorrect but still interesting...
meanwhile-- judy has me and my "only 3" dogs booked for a speaking bit... i think at 11 at a retirement home...
we work on our weekly goal of making 100 people smile per week... yesterday she "did 42" with just sizzle because i had the other 2 in my car while i tried to solve other details. and i thought 3 dogs are a lot for judy to handle-- especially since one of them would have been larkey who is soooooo happy to go anywhere. i have done this kind of thing with an entire litter of pups... it is fun/
how many of you remember the bit about if a load of hay passed you on the highway, you got to make a wish... i am thinking maybe that concept might allow the people involved with the equine rescue network a chance to help with the hay... several people have sent checks- and thank you very much.... but i should get it organized so the folk who might not have a million dollars could help with $10.. that is the cost of a bale if i pick it up at the truck stop... and i don't mind doing that-- it saves $4.50 per bale a week. and we use 80 bales between meridith and crazy acres. plus ERN does have their own 501 c3.... which i will publish when i get a bit further-- for those who don't know... ern rescues equines from the slaughter trucks going to mexico,, or in the case of donkeys... China-- for makeup...speciality are teh draft horses who have spent years pulling a plow. and are just worn out.... they often buy those to get them here to learn to eat carrots, get medically cared for and then go to meridith for i hate to say. " a soft landing". but that is what it is... to prevent them from being put in those crowded trailers.. we did this with "moe". a belgain mule in tough shape.. harness scars , head hanging, angry kicking... all 1800 skinney pounds... we never thought she would make it thru a new england winter...
that was 3 or 4 years ago..... but now she gobbles carrots, stands shock still for kids to brush her legs and on ocassion she has worn the usual work harness for a tug of war with a group of kids. she still is awfully old... does not gain weight in spite of everything... but she now stands under a tree and naps very poetically. she can be seen from the street....
then there is the rare ocassion a healthy younger horse is auctioned off - who knows why... but often it is a behavioral problem so it arrives here and our resident bull rider tries to ride and train it... which would make it saleable for a profit --- in order to buy the hay for the rest of the rescues. it is 99% volunteer effort... wallace does get paid per ride-- which can sometimes be fun to watch.... he has not yet fallen off anyone...... yet
