A very beautiful buck and doe have been hanging around Open Heart Ranch.  Hanna (our Westie) has been on high alert.  Last night the buck stood just outside the pasture fence completely unafraid of the noise and activity.  This seemed rather strange behavior so I decided I would see if this buck would communicate with me and of course he did. After getting quiet I asked for the buck to come forth and he was quickly in front of me looking strong and proud. He told me his name is Argus.   I asked … [Read more...]

"This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you"  Hafez Have you ever wondered what is the purpose of illness?  Does illness have a purpose? Is illness the same for us as it is for animals? My very wise Smokey (Tennessee Walking Horse) provided some great insight into illness from the animals perspective and for us.  For the past three months I have been ill with Lymes disease (LD).  Well actually I have had LD much longer than that...but the source of my illness finally came … [Read more...]

For some time now animals have been telling me that they sense uncomfortable  "energy" around them.  I haven't been able to figure out what it is...nor have the animals been able to explain it to me other than how it feels to them.  Sometimes the animal feels like they just drank a Starbucks Venti triple-shot espresso.  Other times, it feels like they are being pricked all over by little pins.  Recently, I learned what appears to be causing these feelings and disruptions in their energy … [Read more...]

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey when along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. I confess, I too get frightened by spiders. I guess I have watched too many late night movies about giant spiders taking over a small desert town. Most spiders are really quite harmless and actually fragile.  Still, when I see a spider in my bathroom, I ask them to please go somewhere I don't have to see them. I don't typically kill them, I just ask … [Read more...]

The kittens are really coming into their own…developing personalities and delighting us with their antics.  Today I decided to talk to them and see what they had to say about whom they are, why they are here and anything else they wanted to share.  With kittens or other young animals you never know just what you might hear.  Sometimes they are having so much fun in their new bodies it is difficult to keep their attention long enough to have a discussion.  Other times, you have a young animal … [Read more...]