Maggie, Greywaren Art, cleaned up her blog for the new year and got rid of the blog listings she does not read or that do not post often. For some reason, I survived the cut and even got put on the "blogs often and well" list. I now have expectations to live up to. Sigh.
Check out the January issue of EQUUS magazine. I had my first article published by them, although I have been illustrating off and on for them for over ten years. I am in hopes that with my foot in the author door, I can submit and have more articles accepted by them. I am currently working on illustrating a book on draft horses for Storey Publications and just finished one on driving oxen. This should be a hot topic if I ever get asked to any cocktail parties.
I am also blogging on a couple of other sites. One is linked to "Equicaching" a GPS horseback game, that I am hoping takes off with trail riders, even though right now I am battling name theft with someone I unfortunately was trusting enough to share the idea with when I first thought of going public.
Several other articles in the works as well as several art related projects. More about those later.
I received this in an email this morning. I have not checked to verify that the Dalai Lama actually wrote or said this for the new year, but I thought it was worth sharing regardless of the source:
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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