Hey there cowpokes! Time to saddle up once again and head out for the ride across the nation. Thought you’d like to see the line up for the 2009 Black Stallion Literacy Foundation road show … coming to an arena near you.
Oh yeah, the pictures are of my daughter, Miranda, in Ecuador doing some environmental research on the Galapagos islands … she’s in college at Santa Clara … go Miranda Farley!
the road show;
BSLF 2009 Show ITINERARY
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Thought you might might like this Readers Digest story about my dad from 1963 … Like the “horse whisperer” expression which he used in the 1958 “Horse Tamer”, he always could spot a good phrase.
Have a sweet day!
Tim
Never the Small Stuff
W. W. Ward
Walter is a changed man,” Rosemary Farley told my wife one night at the Venice, Fla., Yacht Club. “That white jacket he’s wearing came back from the cleaners today with two spots on the right sleeve. Normally he would have hit the ceiling. This time he just smiled and put it on and went in to kiss the kids goodnight.”
A little later one of the members tripped and dumped his martini into Walter’s lap. I was sitting next to him, and I drew back politely to give him room in which to-explode. “Don’t worry,” Walter smiled at the chagrined man. “It will dry in a few minutes.”
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Thought you’d like to see these letters … this one was quite a surprise from Venice High School. Made my day!
The Tombigbee Library System letter thanked us for caring about books and literacy in Mississippi. The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation has offered the reading program to all the public schools in the state of Mississippi.
We were happy to donate Black Stallion books for their library shelves. Nice library, great people!
My wife Pamela’s family, the Barrons, were among the first pioneer settlers in Choctaw county (Ackerman), Mississippi around 1830.
Thanks for reading!
tim
Here’s the latest on the filly … 
Story by EL Bramblett
With all the human interaction, most of it negative, the mare concealed the foal by moving between any interested admirers and her baby. The filly was spending much more time on her feet and began to explore the confines of the stall. She would tentatively approach the dutch door, unable to see over it, curious about the humans on the other side. Read more
tim
