True stories about horses, mules, dogs, and the people who love them.

I have spent a lifetime learning from the animals who have shaped my world. At four years old, I announced to my bewildered parents that our family should move to a farm and raise horses. Eight years later, we did just that, moving to a Pennsylvania hilltop farm where, at fifteen, I got Smokey—my first horse.

That childhood dream eventually led to a life filled with horses, mules, dogs, cats, family, adventure, heartbreak, and plenty of stories.

After raising nationally acclaimed Tennessee Walking Horses on a large Indiana horse farm, my family and I eventually moved to Arizona, where I continue to write about the animals who have shared my life.

My books are true stories told in a conversational style—sometimes funny, sometimes educational, sometimes heartbreaking, but always about the animals and people who make life interesting.

Some are about horses and breeding. Some are about the adventures—and occasional frustrations—of owning mules. Some are about the dogs who became family. And some are about remarkable women whose lives with animals are stories worth telling.

All of them are true.

Forty years later, the horses, mules, and dogs are still teaching me—and I’m still listening.

Over the years, I've learned that animals have a remarkable way of changing our lives. They make us laugh, challenge us, break our hearts, and sometimes teach us things we could never have learned from people.

That is what led me to write these books.

Come meet the horses, mules, dogs, and remarkable women who fill the pages of my books. I hope you'll find a favorite among them.