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Letting Go of Mary Lou

Animals do not have the free will to pick their owners and pick their jobs. That is always decided for them. I like to think…

When we were in our 20s, Joanne and I were best friends. I operated a lesson program in Titusville, NJ and she often came by…

It was the night of July 20, 1969 and world history was being made. Instead of going to bed early, our C2 team stayed up to…

It was the summer of 1969 and I had just completed my sophomore year at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, NJ. I was proud…

Everyone has heard the expressions, “stubborn as a mule,” “works like a mule,” and “kicks like a mule.” No one ever hears anyone say, “wise…

With my hand in a cast (courtesy of my last hunter pace), my plans for fox hunting that season were nixed. Instead of sitting around…

I survived my first summer in Florida. I didn’t think I would since I barely survived summers in New Jersey, where I moved from last…

It was a few days before my 54th birthday and I was at the starting point at the Amwell Valley Trail Association’s annual hunter pace.…

When I was two years old, my father put me on a horse and told me to hold on to the horn. Then he taught…