Yes, BikeMomma, I would dearly love to have a horse in my life. We have 2 1/2 acres and a 2 stall barn, so hopefully one day, it will happen. Our place needs a lot of work yet, and our crazy careers in the arts barely support us, the cat, & the goats and chickens. When I have a horse, I want to be able to do it right, and have time to spend with her, too.

Comanche was a a very large palamino pony, full of attitude and challenge. Lord knows what had been done to him over the years. I got him for Christmas when I was 9. He cost $250 from a guy that bought him at an auction so he was a total mystery, we kept him for free in an old man's garage (we were a very working class family). It may have looked scrappy, but that pony had the best of everything. It was just me & him through some very tough childhood years. We explored woods and canal paths and abandoned lots. By the time I turned 16, all the land had gone to industrial parks, and Comanche went to another little girl. But he was so scrappy, I always worried that no one else would have the patience to get past his orneriness. So all these years, I've promised Comanche that the next horse I get will be with me to the end of their life, same as all my other animal companions.