Adoption

Adoption means a lot of different things to different people. To me the word has just about as many meanings. It means love and second chances. It means ultimate giving. It means selfless with unspeakable reward. It means lonelyness and unbelievable pain. It means fear and inner-strength. These are some of the things adoption means to me. I work with adoption almost everyday. I assist the adoption of many great horses. Here are three horses. I think are lovely. They can all be viewed on the BLM's wild horse website, under the Burns facility page.

Look at those eyes. They are wild! He would look great all slick and combed out. He is amazing.

This fellow is 15.2 hands. He has such a sweet, almost mellow face. I was told he was very calm while getting is pictures taken. I can't remember which herd he is from though. He has some strength to him doesn't he!

This guy is from Coyote Lakes. He is 15.3 hands. How I would love to able to bring him home. I really like everthing about him. He just flows-- doesn't he!

Well, in the grand scheme of daydreaming; this is one of my biggest. I have a lot of daydreams, but I kinda cherish this one.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day, night, and life.

The Plan

I wonder what it sounded like inside Einsteins head. I wonder if it was always busy and noisy with dozens of ideas and epiphanies every moment of the day and night? I wonder where his place of brilliant ideas happened or was it moments. Did having a cold or allergies mellow the traffic? Not that I am saying I am Einstein, but my mind is always zooming. I find that most of my ideas come to me in the shower. I guess it is because there isn't any outside influences. On my way to Portland today I had a great idea. Right now Pepsi is giving money, like a grant, to people with ideas to help society. Well, I have a plan. I want to bring my rural communtiy together. I have always believed that people are too disconnected from their communities. Not many people really know their neighbors. My plan wont work for large cities, but I do think it would be ideal for small communities. My plan is to bring the community of Harney County together by feeding them. I want to have one day were everyone is invited to dinner. Every portion of the day will be free to all members of Harney County. It wouldn't be just about the food. It would be about coming together. There would be local entertainment. Games and activities for kids (they need to expend energy). There would be opportunities for local groups to raise some money through 100% optional donation. This would happen by having a place for people to donate if they choose to. For example: the LaCrosse team could wait tables and if someone wanted to donate to them they could drop something in a jar located at the end of the tables. These jars would be designated specifically for the LaCross team. 4-H groups could be incharge of helping people park their cars and have a general location for donations. There would be opportunties for a lot of groups to participate and opportunites for people to choose if they want to donate and to whom. There would be no pressure to donate or to purchase anything. There will be no vendors. No exchange of money for goods. This gives those who can afford to donate the opportunity and those who can't no pressure to spend what they don't have to spend. Everyone will be able to eat a good meal for free. The meal will be prepaired by people in the community, served by the community and consumbed by the community. People will be able to meet others and reunite with those they may have lost touch with. If this works for Harney County, I don't see why it couldn't spread to other rural communities. But, do you see why it would only work for small communities? A place like Portland is too unmanagable and expensive for such a project. Plus, large cities have many small groups to take care of them. Small communities get forgotten in the politics of the big city. It is time to remind others why rural is synonomous with tight nit. This plan would have to include all of the community to make it work. It is all inclusive and that is why it is such a great idea. Now I just need to get the initial funding to get the rest of the plan to play out.
I hope others are reading this blog. I would like to share the wealth of my mind to better the communities around me. Just call it an experiment in anthropology.

Words

Words are amazing. The whole of language. Words can see for the blind, bring joy to the heavy hearted, show love and bring heartache. Words are amazing. Authors are spellcasters of the word realm. With a simple mixture of nouns, verbs, adjectives and such. A flick of the fingers, sway of the wrist, followed through a thin, round wand; "poof" the spell is complete. In the modern sense a spell can be completed by the rapid, rythmic pounding of fingers on keys.
One day I will be a master spellcaster, with many a reader under my spell. I have so many different ideas on how to spin my web. I wonder if other authors have different areas of interest. Does Tom Clancy have thoughts to write a young adult novel? Does Stephen King write fluffy, kitty, love stores that don't end in death and crazy mental monsters eating society? I want to write sci-fi, mystery, psycho-thrillers, love stories, deep literary thinkers, and scare the pajama's off you, don't read at night books. I have all of these things running through my head and several of them started or in good progress. Is this normal or straight on my way to a custom love-me jacket. All I know is I love to write. I want to transport everyone under my spell into a realm outside their own. If they pick up my book I want them to feel the way the title implies they will. Right now I want them to be utterly confused and torn with one book I'm writing. I also want them to be on the edge of horror with another I'm writing. I want them to be looking around the corners of their imagination, knowing the characters are not real, but thinking they just might be. I don't want my worlds to be forgotten when the cover closes. I also want them to be thankful they are over, but feening to read it again. This is the art of a master spellcaster. This is the talent behind The Stand, Without Remorse,The Notebook, Pride and Prejudice and many, many more.

Fall into my spell, you wont escape. Then again, you wont want to.

Energy

I have a lot of random thoughts on energy. Of course there is the scientific sense of energy, which I haven't the faintest idea how to explain. Then there is my sense of energy. As in I have none. I would like to find the formula to enhance energy for the average, ordinary person (single mom). I have a theroy. The reason children are so bouncy and, let's face it, wild and crazy, is they suck all the energy from their parents. I use to have boundless energy. Then I had my son, and every year he grows older, I grow more tired. I don't buy into the whole age slows you down thing. It is the little energy vampires we spawn that slows us down. The older they get, the more energy they require, the more they devoure.
Part of the proof I have for my theory is grandchildren. Once kids move out of the house they still require sucking energy from thier parents. The need isn't as great, because they are feeding off other kids (peers)and are becoming self-sustaining individuals. This is key, because they will need to be an energy banquet one day. The parents, on the other hand, slowly begin to reenergize and become more active. This is evident everywhere in society. Look at people who have kids at home (regardless of age), kids who have just left, and kids who are now parents themselves. The energy levels are written all over the parents physical stance.
Time will only tell if my theory is true. I believe that it is true, and am already planning for the day I have my energy level back. It is called retirement and I plan on living it up.

This has been a random post. This is only the beginning.

And in the beginning there was... me!

Of all the things that need to be completed today, none of it has been done. Life is simple and pleasant. I like things this way.

How do you relieve some of the stess in your life, while square on top of you stress is piling up? The only advice I have is: relax and so something that makes you warm inside. Smile!

So, I am attempting to write a novel. It is on a rather scary subject, but it is fun to write. I have blamed stress and perscription medication for my lack of writing the past three weeks. I know that I need to get back to it. I have no more excuses. My goal is to have the outline done by the end of May. From there the rest should be set for the meat and potatoes. My second goal is to have the first draft done by the end of August. What to do after; I don't know. I guess with the first draft done, I can have someone edit it,or send it to an agent. My final goal for the novel is to have it published. I don't have a deadline for that, because that part isn't entirely up to me. I do know that it would be AWESOME to have it published and to have my "technical advisor" receive some credit for his work.

Here are my goals for life as I perceive them to be important as of today:

1.) Buy a house with acreage. My son and I would really like to have a little farm to call our very own. A place were we can have whatever we want on it (mustangs, dogs, cats, chickens, and a goat).

2.) Publish my book. This will get me many of the material goals on my list. It will also be the destresser and life affirmation device I have always wanted. Immortality on paper. I don't ask for much do I.

3.) Save for my son's college. Hello, education is key.

4.) Buy a truck. I need something to do all of my adventuring in, work in, and plow through the snow in. A truck is a must in Harney County.

5.) Buy a house for my mom so she can feel like her life is what she wants it to be. Also, so I can force her to be closer to me. Of course if I can afford to buy her a house, then I can also afford to send her on vacation. Every year. You know, just to get away from the freezing cold, for the sake of her health.

Even though my goals are numerous, I'll just put down these as my top 5.