When we're not looking, we're lucky to find it. When we're not ready, we're brave to face our fears. There is no resolution or revelation. There are only baby steps. And we'll get there.

Friendship is required for courage. To come back, to go up, to head down. I thought I was done with downhill. "You can't fall!" They said after the knee and then the hip. My courage was gone. But Sarah is a mench. She is as compassionate as she is graceful on skis. On...

I jumped off a year ago. His rein broke. As did my leg. He now serves veterans and their kids. I jumped back on. I have to make an appointment to ride him. He doesn't seem to mind.

Walk in sun and snow. My nose gets cold smelling the pine. Benny bounces through the gate, joyous with our routine, that never gets old, even though we do.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/watch/burned-montana-firefighter-dan-steffensen-heals-and-advocates-for-others/vi-AA13Ancp?category=foryou We can't do enough to save their lives. To raise funds to help protect them from a beast. In seconds the wind changes. A wall of...

Recently Published Essay Responsible dog ownership requires being a leader of a harmonious pack. I came from a dysfunctional human family or pack with ineptness for leadership. I know how dangerous imbalance can be. My devotion to dogs is as deep as an abyss, rarely...

said my boy Drummer to his young rider. Together they chase the wind and skirt the barrel. Flying home to win the race. She has been riding him for two months. Her first lessons on a horse. She calls him George. Her new best friend. He has many new best friends. They...

Chief Above Rock had an audience of hundreds of school children, on Indian Heritage Day. The Battle of Arrow Creek. The most important event in Crow history. Crow land was the most abundant with the richest resources. Coveted by every plains tribe as their land was...

Together, can sit in silence. Observing nothing or everything. Knowing the bond is there is enough. No laughter is too loud. No talk is too tough. No emergency is too daunting. No joy goes unshared. No life is lived alone.

Politics is so vile now that contributing to it hurts my heart. Buckley and Baines make me happy. The Elk Morning children's books make me happy. Finding a publisher for my novel makes me happy. My life in Montana makes me happy. But this election is so important that...