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Hot And Dusty But Fun! And Photos Of Diggs!

Dear friends, We had a great weekend at our Versatility Ranch Horse clinic and competition this weekend in Longmont CO. The clinicians were Jim and Jill Cook, who are reined cowhorse specialists. Rich and Tucker

Fresh As A Daisy

Greetings! It’s been wonderful to be home for a few days, but this week has gone by far too fast. Rich and I will load up the horses today and head up to Longmont CO

Home Again, Home Again

Hello! As usual, on Monday morning I am spending time in airports in transit home. It pretty much takes me a whole day to get anywhere, since most of my travels take me to either

On The Road Again…

Good Day! Once again, I am headed out for the weekend– this time to Raleigh NC for the Equine Extravaganza horse expo. This is the second year for this expo and the one last year

Summer Reading

Good day! Wow. So this is what it feels like on Monday morning after a relaxing weekend off, like normal people have! It’s tough when your work schedule is opposite the rest of the business

It’s Summertime!

…And the living is easy. Hello friends, What a relaxing few days it has been! Just to update you on the new horse, we had a nailing biting couple days waiting for the results of

Too Many Horses– Not Enough Time!

Greetings! Boy, it’s great to be home and to be able to ride every day! Rich’s new horse arrived Monday night. It was dark by the time they got home so our welcoming committee, consisting

Making A Deposit Into My Karma Account

Hello friends, As the saying goes… no good deed goes unpunished, but I think this weekend was an exception. I worked hard all weekend long teaching horsemanship clinics to benefit good causes and everyone had

I Love Shopping– That Is, For Horses!

Julie with Dually Hello, It’s been nice to be home for a few days—long enough to relax a little and get some chores done around the place. I wish I had more time to

Nuttin’ But Cuttin’

Greetings! It‘s been a fun and relaxing weekend for both Rich and me, although our boys, Tucker and Dually, probably could‘ve thought of better things to do. We‘ve been at Cactus Creek Ranch, between Pueblo

Hall Of Fame Cheeseburger

Hello friends! I spent most of this week in Amarillo TX for meetings at the International Headquarters of the American Quarter Horse Association. Although sitting in meetings all day is not on the top of

More About The TV shoot…

Happy Day! Finally it’s summer here (I hope) and I am actually wearing shorts and getting some color on my pathetically white legs (occupational hazard). Last week, during the shoot, we had two nights of

What A week!

Hello friends! It‘s been a long week with hardly any room to breathe! No time to write on my blog, workout, soak in the hot tub or barely even eat! Last weekend I had a

C Lazy U — The Final Episode!

Hello friends! Here I sit, 38,000′ above sea level, in route to Portland OR for a clinic this weekend in Vancouver WA. I love going to the Pacific NW—it’s one of my favorite parts of

Competition Day At C Lazy U

Hello again, After two days and two nights at the five-star (AAA and Mobile) guest ranch, HYPERLINK “http://www.CLazyU.com“ www.CLazyU.com, we were getting accustomed to the fine dining, the luxurious accommodations and resort atmosphere. After a

C Lazy U, Part 2

Greetings! I have caught up on some badly needed rest—sleeping 12 solid hours last night. And today is like paradise here in the “Heart of the Rocky Mountains“ HYPERLINK “http://www.salidachamber.org/“ http://www.salidachamber.org/ . It‘s warm and

The C Lazy U Experience

Greetings! It’s been a while since I wrote—I think a week. And it’s been a fun-packed, busy-every-minute, wild-ride of a week. With 9 horses and about 12 people loaded into three rigs, we made the

Good Horses, Good Friends, Good Food & Drink

What more could you want? Rich and I have been on an “at-home” vacation this week. We’ve got a couple friends visiting from Kauai and a couple more from here in Colorado plus one flying

There’s No Place Like Home!

Greetings! As much as I love to travel, one of my favorite things is coming home again. Yesterday was not exactly a smooth–sailing travel day for me however. Just as I was headed from the

Another Day, Another Dollar!

I said, be careful what you wish for. After freezing my tail off the past few weekends in Minnesota, then Massachusetts, then Colorado, today we had triple digit temperatures here in central California. While most

Fresh Tracks!

Julie and Dually Hello! It‘s a typical Friday for me. Here I sit in the Denver airport waiting for my flight to Sacramento. After my morning workout and packing, I hit the road for my

Be Careful What You Wish For…

It’s a beautiful morning here in the Colorado mountains. After a few inches of wet snow last night, the sun is out, it’s relatively warm, no wind and the snow is melting fast, leaving behind

Another Snowy Day In Paradise

Greetings! As I look out my office window, it is snowing hard. We can’t complain too much because we need the moisture badly. My friends from Hawaii are coming next week to visit and I

I’m A Roping Fool!

Hello, After freezing our tails off yesterday, it’s a beautiful warm sunny day today, here at home in the “Heart of the Rocky Mountains” of Colorado. The last three weekends in a row I

Enjoying My Weekend At Home!

Good day! It’s a lovely spring day here in the Rockies. Sunny, warm and no wind! Looking forward to my ride today. We’ll get a few cows out and have some fun with them. Yesterday

The Men in my Life: Rich and Dually

It’s really hard to try and get a horse ready for competition when I am gone from home so much. When I am home, I make sure I ride every day—but sometimes that’s only 3