Lone Star Parson

  With apologies to Mr. Kerouac , I've been on the road lately, driving across the Texan country to visit the sick, tend the flock and t...

  "Can you bless the ranch?" What a good question, and I was glad to. It was good to be around horses again and some of them got b...

A churchman asked me to bless his small herd of horses this evening, 6 Arabians, a Warmblood and a Mustang. So off I went and so did a ...

"I know," I thought cleverly to myself, "I'll go fishing." And that was the plan for Monday morning, but it n...

Happy Father's Day! And I hope you're all having a great time with family and friends on your various compounds. But I near...

Country life in Texas is usually, for me, all about shooting, riding, fishing and a bit of hunting but this summer's been differe...

I was talking to a friend, I ride out at his ranch, and he started telling stories about being a guide on elk hunts in the Rockies. ...

T hings started off well. Get up with the dawn, walk the dog, drink some coffee, say Morning Prayer and then go for a ride. That me...

In a bold attempt to escape the intense political drama that is daily life in modern America, I drove out to visit the flock. That too...

At least that's what the horses say, and who can blame them? I rode out on Tres this morning after a week's break, caused by t...

Some people, from England, feel that I've lived in Texas for too long and have lost touch with reality. some kind of hat Th...

Posh as you like Walmart boots Finally, after about a month of rib-agony, I felt up for a ride. The weather was terrible, sleetish rain,...

A very kind person donated a horse to the cause today, a nine year old thoroughbred mare called Genie who was trained for the track but neve...

Got to the Stables early and the barn cats galloped for their food; you' think they were starving, which they aren't. Regardless, it...

For some strange reason the Texas flag was missing at the Stables but that didn't put me off riding too much. Cantered about for a bit a...

Hugely enjoyable morning's ride practicing "flying changes", which is when a horse changes leads at the canter or gallop witho...

Got up early to go for a ride in the comparative cool of the morning; the neighbour's birds had escaped their backyard prison to find fr...