Author Archives: maryjane

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Hear Ye!

Welcome New Sisters! (click for current roster)

Merit Badge Awardees (click for latest awards)

My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Marsha Gulick!

Marsha (Osagegypsy, #2988) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning an expert Level Horse Dreams badge!

“In 2005 I bought four Gypsy Horses with the savings my father left me. He always wanted to give me a horse, so I knew this was a good investment for me. I researched the Gypsy Breed, sometimes called Vanners or Cobs; and where it originated in the UK. I joined a forum and learned SO much from the folks I met there. After researching and buying Gypsy Horses, the REAL learning started. I read books, The Soul of a Horse, Foaling books and magazines.

We now own 10 horses and have raised and sold a number of them.

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Freewheeling

Wow.

Let me just start by saying …

wow

again.

A woman named Sue Austin has just rocked my world,

challenging any notion I ever entertained about limitation.

When you can merge the words “wheelchair” and “scuba diving” in the same sentence, you know you’re in the presence of something,

rather, someone

extraordinary …

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Get Your Tail Feathers On

Local organic farmer and soap maker Kate Jaeckel/Orchard Farm, who we featured in a past issue of my magazine, left a little surprise package on Carol’s front porch. Both Carol and I received ADORABLE, super-lightweight glamper earrings. Check out the Etsy shop of the woman who makes them, Tina Halvorson.

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