Another day, another boatload of excited but tired passengers from Bali arrive on the island. The transfer boat pulls up alongside the floating jetty and the newcomers stand up to… [Continue Reading]
Tag: Horses
Changing the world one pony, and child, at a time
It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks, right? Even more so if there’s big odds stacked against you. Odds like culture, religion, superstition, tradition, poor education and poverty. Horses… [Continue Reading]
Mysterious Ways
‘Life is a balance of holding on and letting go’ It was October 2014. One month after Harley, the man that I loved, had taken his own life. I was… [Continue Reading]
Sweet Sugar – Manis Gula
In Indonesia, the customary manner of greeting and also of saying goodbye is that if you are the younger person you gently hold the older person’s right hand and lift… [Continue Reading]
Spectrum
Do you remember the story of Black Beauty? I’ll never forget the tears streaming down my face when he was separated from his friend Ginger, nor the horrible images of… [Continue Reading]
Powering along! …a quarterly report
We’re at the 3 week mark! 1/4 of the way into the anticipated 3 months – and the building project is powering on! Today I sit in our new berugak,… [Continue Reading]
Gili horse clinic
The other day I travelled to the next island, Gili Trawangan, where they were holding a horse clinic. In my opinion, the horses on Gili T, as it’s known, are… [Continue Reading]