When I recently sent out a newsletter with an invitation for readers to tell me about their favorite pets. Most of those who entered my giveaway didn’t share storeis, but some of them did. I enjoyed every one whether I shared the story forward or not. A good dog or cat or horse or bird story is the best. I’ve …
What Would Your Dog Name You?
So have you ever wondered what your dog would name you? Or if perhaps he does have a dog name for you? I think Frankie’s for me is a high pitched yippy bark. The bark that makes me frown and tell him “NO!” lol. But we’re not naming us. We’re naming them and I have a new dog needing a …
Have You Ever Named a Horse?
So far you’ve come up with great names for a puppy and some wonderful names for a cat, but now we’re going in a new direction. So how about naming a horse or two? The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday so horses are in the news. Have you ever thought about how many horses have official names? Registered names. It’s …
Frontier Nursing Stories
Last time I wrote about the all important saddlebags the Frontier nurse midwives carried, but the horses they slung those saddlebags over were as necessary as air to the nurses as they rode up into the mountains to deliver babies and treat the mountain people. When Mary Breckinridge or her representatives went out to recruit people, they looked for …
Saddlebags and Horses
ATTENTION! NURSE GRADUATES WITH A SENSE OF ADVENTURE! YOUR OWN HORSE, YOUR OWN DOG, AND A THOUSAND MILES OF KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS TO SERVE. JOIN MY NURSES BRIGADE AND HELP SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES. WRITE TO: M. BRECKINRIDGE, HYDEN, KENTUCKY USA Even though this was an advertisement the Frontier Nursing Service put in London newspapers and the Glasgow Times in Scotland to …