It was one of those nights, when I couldn't get to sleep because my brain was working overtime with things I needed to write. And when I say, "need," I don't mean just deadlines for pieces for which I will...
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Mare’s Musings: Language is Destiny–Please Don’t Condemn Your Horse (or Yourself!) to Failure.
S/he who has mastery of language has a tremendous advantage over those for whom language is difficult. Language is power, and don't you dare think otherwise. Every day we either raise ourselves or condemn ourselves by the language we use: ...
Equine Causes: The Icelandic Horses Need Intervention, ASAP.
It's Sunday morning, and, as I sit, coffee mug in-hand and waiting to truly awaken, a report on Good Morning America pierced my blurry morning reverie. The GMA reporter (whose name evades me, forgive, please: really, the synapses are not...
Invitation to Spirit Massage, the Equine Initiation Rite
"The wind of Heaven is that which blows through a horse's ears." So goes an ancient Arabic proverb. Truer words have ne'er been spoken. No pretty pictures in this article, although I'm tempted to post at least one, that of...
Mare’s Musings: What’s Your Theme Song? “Avenging Annie” Says it for Me…
We humans have an innate need to find things to which we can relate on a level so deep, so...cellular...that we almost suffer, we ache in our very fiber, from the profound joy of realizing that someone truly gets us. ...
Book Review: “For Parents Only: Straight Talk from Inside the American High School” by Richard Michael Holmes.
I'll start this book review by being brutally honest: I don't know anything about education. I mean, I got an education (high school, college). I had some great Teachers, Professors and Mentors along the way. The combined Wisdom of these...
Mare’s Musings: of Horses and Men, and Suffocating Love.
On February 18th, I'll take my words (and hopefully some wit) into the arenae of virtual and voice: Thursday will mark the debut of "View from a Broad," a racing radio talk show hosted by, well, me. (www.blogtalkradio.com/thoroughbredwriter ). I...
Marti McGinnis: Artist, Visionary, Equine Advocate.
When I was a little squirt, my Mother nicknamed me both "Mare" (how prophetic) and The Barefoot Contessa. (I had no idea that she got the phrase from the title of a hotsy-totsy film starring Ava Gardner.) For some reason,...
What are YOUR Impressions of Saratoga? Mine are Summed up in a Store.
Resort destinations like Saratoga Springs often fall prey to carpetbaggers and snake oil salesmen who come to town when the number are high, and stay only long enough to cash in on visitors' craving for reminders of their time spent...
Book Review: “Hayseed’s First Race”–Building Self Esteem, from the Turf, Up.
If you were kinda short and had an odd birthmark--would it stop you from finding your star, and following it all the way to personal victory? Those problems didn't stop George Stephanopoulos or Mikhail Gorbachev--and it shouldn't stop anyone else,...