Maria and Sonny are friends, Sonny is a pony rescued from a horrific life and has to be in his stall for two more months due to one of his injuries – he fell on some ice. He is quite fond of people and likes to eat hats and gloves. He  seemed to trying to kiss Maria on the nose, or maybe eat her scarf. Sonny is fussed over constantly by volunteers and the staff at Blue-Star, he is quite a character. Blue-Star Equiculture is an important place to Maria and I, it is a horse rescue farm and organic farming center.

To me, it is the future of what we call animal rights and others call animal welfare. Blue Star rescues horses and people both, and works hard to put the two together. It seeks ways to keep animals in the world, not remove them, and it treats horses and people with great dignity and compassion.

It is nourishing just to go there.