Pamela and Paul Moshimer got married recently, we went to their farm, Blue-Star Equiculture to give them a quilt Maria made in commemoration of their marriage (I actually forgot to photograph it, sorry, I will get to it later) and to see them and their beautiful horses, most of them rescued or retired work horses. We both admire them and the life they lead, it is life filled with vision and meaning and passion.

Much of their life revolves around the horses, they have a very powerful spiritual vision of the horses and their meaning to the world, their farm is a place filled with energy and love and connection, there are students and interns and friends and a motley crew of creative hangers-on, who hear the message of the horses and are stirred by them.

And then, there are the very beautiful and mystical work horses.

I am also stirred by the message of Paul and Pamela and by the way they live their lives. They have found love and purpose and meaning, often in the face of cruel and relentless harassment and challenge from people who believe it is cruel for working horses to work. Their farm is evolving. It is, in part, a retirement home for the New York Carriage horses, but also a rescue center for horses in need all over the Northeast, and beyond that, an organic farming center exploring ways to help Mother Earth and respect the human animal bond.

Pamela is a mystic, she has lived all over the world and is very close to Chief Avrol Looking Horse, the spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation. She shares his passion for the horses remaining in our world. Paul is a former fire and rescue worker and manager who is not ruffled by anything, even the raucous lives of work horses. He seems to have found his place on the earth at Blue-Star, he is co-director of the farm. The horses, he says, have changed him.

They love their life, which is not a simple or easy life. It is filled with hard work, openness, a commitment to helping animals and people, it is a nourishing place to see and visit, their farm has a life of it’s own, it takes on more vitality, strength and purpose every time we see it.

They are also a wonderful couple to be around, they love and compliment one another, Maria and I see something of our own relationship in them. We are grateful they live close enough for us to visit, we mean to keep them in our lives.