Hi everyone! The Free Equine Law Webinar that was available at Alison Rowe’s Equine Law site is available to anyone that may have missed it, or wants to listen again! Due to the time difference in Australia, even though I’d signed up for this Webinar, I wasn’t able to be online when it was being aired.

However, it is available to listen to and the PowerPoint slides can also be downloaded! You can do so via this link.  Enjoy!

At church on Sunday our pastor was talking about finishing well. I always love this time of year to think about what I want to achieve next year. What I don’t tend to do so often, is remember what’s been achieved in the past twelve months.

Something he said really resonated with me – how I end 2012, will affect how I start 2013. I may not have achieved all I wanted to this year, but my attitude towards finishing 2012 can affect my effectiveness on what I want to achieve in 2013.

So do you have an idea of how you’d like to finish out this year and start the next one? This may be a list of resolutions, or perhaps it’s an idea or two brimming at the surface that you’ve yet to look further into.

Can I encourage a theme for 2013? Education. There are so many things in life that can be learnt – facts, skills, relationships, habits, the list goes on. Make it a goal of yours to continue to educate yourself for the better.

This may just be choosing to look at life from a different approach or it may be signing up to undertake a course or learn a new skill. My great grandmother was a firm believer in, ‘the day I stop learning is the day I die.’

For me, 2012 has been an incredible year:

• I married my beautiful fiancé
• We now get to share life together daily
• I started work casually at an education institution I’ve been keen to work at for the past few years
• This has resulted in a contract for 2013
• I got kicked in the head by a horse and ended up in an induced coma for 4 days
• This showed me how incredible my husband is by sticking by me, looking after me and encouraging me to take things slow for the health of my head

Things I have achieved or completed in 2012 are making 2013 look like a very promising year, indeed!

A lot can be learnt about horses, and a lot can be learnt from them.

For those who aren’t aware, I’ve created a page for Equus Education on Facebook, and on this page am endeavouring to ‘like’ as many pages as I can find on Facebook that can encourage others to learn about horses and education.

This may be through but not limited to:

• group pages
• organisations
• foundations
• courses
• horse personalities
• educational institutes

One such page is the Horse Tales Literacy Project.  This project focuses on “horses inspiring children to read and succeed.”

It is said on their website, “Horse Tales Literacy Project (formerly The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation) is an innovative partnership of educators, businesses, volunteers, educational foundations, and staff members focused on promoting literacy through the winning combination of live horses and classic horse literature.”

I adore reading – particularly about horses.  And it is through reading that I came to learn about horses and pursue a career with them.

It is also through reading about horses that I came to love writing.  Horse fictional novels offer a chance for readers to dream big, experience adventure and learn.

The Horse Tales Literacy Project has come about on account of well known author, Walter Farley and his series, the Black Stallion.

The Horse Tales Literacy Project are aiming to reach 200 likes for Christmas.  Perhaps you can help by liking their page and making others aware of the organisation!  And while you’re at it – if you haven’t already – why not like Equus on Facebook?  I’m aiming for 100 likes by the new year!

“You can tell a gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion.”