Coffee Clutch with Dutch Henry: Sleepy Morning

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Sleepy Morning

So sleepy was the morning that even the sun hung low beneath the tree tops. Not a bird sang, and even the roosters crowed with less vigor than normal. Spider webs laden with morning dew gave the lawn the look of a patchwork quilt. Saturday was slow crawling from his glider on the porch to gather with Tigger, Miss Kitty and I for Coffee with Kessy, who laid stretched out on her side, snoring. Now I must admit I was 15 minutes early, but come on folks, it's time to get with it. Don't they know it's Friday? Holy Cow!

Ravishin', Robbie and I are off for a day in Charlottesville today, and we gotta hit the road, but I've added a new twist to feeding Kessy, at least for a while. We take her grain and feed tub up to the trailer and my coffee too, and she must come in to eat. Which she does after a few moments of protest. We are making a little progress there, but it'll be a while yet.

Tomorrow too we'll be on the road bright and early, heading to Fincastle for a Diane J. Sept clinic at Marianne Kephart Jolley's … Can't wait to see everybody!

HAPPY FRIDAY everybody and have a fun weekend!

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Welcome to the Coffee Clutch

Welcome to the Coffee Clutch, a happy place to visit. I write uplifting stories about a wide variety of subjects from horses to birds and nature, to love and family and friends. Sometimes I'll post excerpts from stories I've written for Equine Publications. Sometimes I'll post about writing itself. Coffee Clutch got its name because I often write while enjoying my morning coffee in the barn with my mare Kessy, and all our critters. Join us here for fun conversation and stories I promise will make you feel good.

It's For The Horses

This is not a book about riding, or training horses. It is a book on my thoughts, ideas and suggestions on how folks might find the joy in doing things for the horse, with the horses’ point of view as the leading guide. My hope is to help as many people as possible learn to hear the horse, feel their spirit, and in that way help horses everywhere. Over the years I’ve met and worked with remarkable people and horses who taught me about their feelings, their joys, their sadness, and their spirit. As a horse advocate everything I do is from the horse’s perspective, including this little book. Every story, idea, suggestion and thought on these pages will be to suggest and share thoughts and ideas on how to maximize a relationship between horse and human—from the horse’s point of view.

Tom Named by Horse

The only man ever to offer Tom respect is Red Cloud. The only woman to give him love is Red Cloud’s granddaughter. Struggling with his own personal demons, Tom finds himself wedged between honoring that friendship and staying true to the depths of his conscience. Amid a backdrop of tumultuous social upheaval, he finds nothing prepared him, the woman he loves or Chief Red Cloud, for the changes about to thunder into their lives, sweeping them helplessly into the tides of human conflict and historical drama. Available on Amazon.

From The Banks OF Little Bear Creek

The Tom Named by Horse Saga continues. Three years after the death of Tall Dog, Tom Named By Horse and Soft Cloud have turned the little soddy, the lands granted them by Red Cloud, and the lean-to barn into a thriving horse ranch, fulfilling Tom’s dream. The Plains Indians Wars, or Red Cloud’s war, is mostly behind them, and the lands have had their transformation as Red Cloud’s vision had warned years earlier. Trailing horses from the ranch to Denver city has become an annual event for Tom, Buck and the rest, and this is the story of that trail. In the spirit of a good old John Wayne movie, vengeance, cattle and horse thieves, a dirty sheriff and corrupt mayor, and a wedding make this year’s drive a ride you’ll want to tag along on.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Sleepy Morning

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