I I visited my new friends, the horses on Route 313, two decades ago was drawn to a life with animals, and drawn to a life writing about them. We need animals in our lives, we are disconnected from the natural world, our lives are out of balance without them. We need to see them, listen to them, learn from them, love them, be loved by them. We need a wiser and more mystical understanding of them, they are not our children, our friends, our siblings, our soothers. They are our partners and companions on the earth, what happens to them happens to us.

Seeing these beautiful creatures is healing for me, inspiring, it grounds me and helps me to love and feel a part of the earth.