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Archive for December, 2007

Maggie: A Symbol of Hope - Part II

By LeadMare • Dec 16th, 2007 • Category: GHC News

Below is Part II of Maggie’s recovery story (Part I here) from Lissa at Flying Change. You’ll also want to read HopeFoal: A Prayer Answered by Julia.
Dear Friends,
Here is Part II. I apologize for the length - so much has happened that it is difficult to decide what is most important to say. If you [...]



Publishing Update - December 15th

By LeadMare • Dec 15th, 2007 • Category: GHC News

Can you believe it’s nearly 2008 — where does time go? With everyday life plus holiday preparations and celebrations, the days pass faster than a racehorse headed for the finish line.
But thank goodness for barn mice! Ours have been scurrying about to create a nice surprise especially for Girls Horse Club bloggers. Read below [...]



Welcome Newbies!

By GHC • Dec 14th, 2007 • Category: Odds & Ends, by Rebecca Shyly

by Rebecca Shyly, age 11
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of new faces around here. Yay! I felt that a proper welcome was in order, so…

LeadMare is the founder and owner of Girls Horse Club, and she does a wonderful job of running it if you ask me! She is creative and fun-loving and she [...]



Writing for the Loft Book Club

By GHC • Dec 13th, 2007 • Category: Books and Writing, Junior Blogger Archives

by horsejo, age 11
There are many excellent writers and poets at Girls Horse Club. They have such great skill that reading their work makes you laugh and cry. They are such good writers because they have great imaginations. They can soar through the sky and still be sitting in the room they never left. These [...]



REVIEW: Wind Rider by Susan Williams

By LeadMare • Dec 12th, 2007 • Category: Books and Writing, Previews & Reviews

Author: Susan Williams
Title: Wind Rider
Category: Books
Genre: Fiction
It’s been on my to-do list (for what seems like eternity) to tell you about Wind Rider, a couldn’t-put-it-down book I read over the summer. This week we received an email from the author, Susan Williams. Here’s some of what she had to say:
I just wanted to share [...]



Flying Without Wings

By GHC • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
We’ve all heard the common saying horses fly without wings. To other people, they would just go ‘you must be joking yourself — people these days, reading too many fairy tales’ if you told them that. But for people in the horse society, you wouldn’t ever get an answer that is so [...]



Giving Season Update

By LeadMare • Dec 9th, 2007 • Category: GHC News, Take a Stand

It’s the last month of Giving Season and we’ve had three contributions to the International Fund for Horses totaling $127. Yay, that’s great! We’re now listed as part of their Horse on the Hill Gang.
But can we do better?
IF4H is a 501(c)4 non-profit equine advocacy organization with constituents in the US, Canada, the UK [...]



Why Do You Ride?

By GHC • Dec 9th, 2007 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Odds & Ends

by Rosie, age 11
What do all of you girls ride for? The ribbons at the horse show? To impress someone you know? All of your “friends” think you should? Or do you do it because you love to. And do it because you love horses and love being around them. I do it because I [...]



Bonding: We Are One

By GHC • Dec 8th, 2007 • Category: Gift Horse, by Jeanna Briggs

by Jeanna Briggs, age 13
So let’s say you fell in love with horses at a young age, and you beg your parents for years (OK, so maybe not that long) to get you one. Every time you ask they say, “We don’t have the money or enough room” or something like that. Well, your birthday [...]



Maggie: A Symbol of Hope - Part I

By LeadMare • Dec 7th, 2007 • Category: GHC News

Remember Maggie, one of the HopeFoals at Flying Change who broke her leg last January? We covered Maggie’s story in the blogs Help Save Maggie! and Our Hero Maggie. As is often the case, a touching story like this can inspire our authors. Not long after reading about Maggie, Julia wrote the poem Hope Foal, [...]