Our farrier, Ken Norman came over today to work on Simon’s feet, twisted and painful from his damaged body in his former life. Ken Norman has kept Simon walking and upright and healthy for several years, he came today to trim our donkeys hooves before he undergoes surgery for two simultaneous knee replacements at a Vermont hospital on December 29. We think the trims will last until he is on his feet and working. Simon’s feet need a lot of work.

Ken needs some assistant maintaining his family, his farm and the donkeys and horses he has taken in and cares for on his Pawlet, Vt. farm. Ken has figured out that he needs $25,000 to get through this period without any income and he is choosing a crowd sourcing site to ask for some assistance. Once he decides which site, I will announce it on the blog, it is a good thing to do before Christmas, I’d love for Ken to go into the hospital knowing his family and farm and animals are secure. He will also be posting about this on his Facebook page, and I know he has many friends and admirers in the equine world around here.

Ken and I will be talking Sunday to figure out how quickly he can move and where. Thanks for the wonderful response to my earlier post about it, if you listen to their news you might forget just how many sweet and good people there are out in the world.