In January, signed up for nanowrimo's "Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together" but I had no idea things were going to be this Big, Fun (and Scary)!
My friend, Pam Rickenbach, who runs Stardust Organics and used to drive a carriage with me in Philadelphia (where she was Tom's Mom), recently met a wonderful benefactor named Sandy. Sandy is interested in organic gardening, which is how she met Pam's partner, Glenn. Glenn told her about Pam's work with draft horses (Pam also has the great and awesome Bud in his retirement).
Before we knew it, we had a plan for a draft horse rescue / sanctuary and organic farm on 150 acres in Palmer, Massachusetts.
I'm very thankful to Pam for including me in this.
Here's our mission statement:
Our Mission is to provide homeless working horses a sanctuary and the opportunity to be useful and positively improve their lives, while bringing education, equine awareness, skills and healing to the community.
Blue Star Equiculture is a vision born out of the hearts of like-minded individuals who feel the need to respond to the current, increasingly dire situation facing homeless horses, especially working draft horses.
To be honest, the Jethro Tull song, "Heavy Horses," posted below, is really the mission statement.
HUMAN HISTORY IS WRITTEN IN HOOFPRINTS.
Check back for more.
Our website (still under construction) is www.equiculture.org
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