{"id":2641,"date":"2009-01-01T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T22:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2009-01-01T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T22:09:04","slug":"celebrity-horse-moments-bogus-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/celebrity-horse-moments-bogus-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Horse Moments (Bogus Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AAuthor Sara Lewis Holmes tells us, at her Read Write Believe<\/em> blog<\/a>, of a worthy New-Year’s-resolution of a cause:<\/p>\n

Flying Horse Farms is a magical, transforming and fun camp for children with serious illnesses and their families. It’s an Ohio based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and working to become a member of Hole in the Wall Camps, the world\u2019s largest family of camps for children with serious illnesses.<\/p>\n

I talked with the director, and he said that rather than one central library, he would love to have books available at several spots around the camp—the stables, the craft room, the main activity hall, the cabins, maybe even the dining hall.<\/p>\n

The books would be…<\/p>\n

For kids to read while they wait for their turn on a horse.
\nFor kids who suddenly discover they love pottery or archery or fishing and want to know everything about it.
\nFor kids to share and discuss a cool quote or an inspirational person during nightly reflection times.
\nFor kids who need a fast idea for a drama skit, or a nature craft, or a easy recipe.
\nFor kids who need to rest.
\nFor kids who love to read.
\nFor kids who are kids and want to be kids and must be kids even if a serious illness complicates their lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sara offers several suggestions for supporting Flying Horse’s “horse and camp books for kids” project, including making purchases from her Amazon Wish List<\/a>, blogging about one’s own experiences with horses and\/or camps, and so on.<\/p>\n

Now, I was convinced I wanted to help somehow, but none of those suggestions were really options for me, for one reason or another. What to do, what to do…?<\/p>\n

I’d heard about the Flying Horse project via the Seven Impossible Things…<\/em><\/a> blog, so there I posted my characteristically muddled questions: what if I can’t, for now, make a purchase or donation? what if I can’t blog about horses because I don’t know jack about them?<\/p>\n

An answer came from Sara Lewis Holmes herself:<\/p>\n

If it helps, I know nothing about horses either, except that I\u2019m rather scared of them. :) I imagine it\u2019s the same for some of the kids who will come to camp too.<\/p>\n

Heck, blog about what you DON\u2019T know if you want. Any little bit that spreads the word helps. I\u2019m thrilled by all the ideas so far, and I\u2019ve updated my original post with the links.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that provided the (ha ha, hehe, I crack myself up) spur<\/em> I needed for the rest of this post — with a twist.<\/p>\n

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A few months ago, inspired by The Misssy M Misssives<\/em><\/a> (sic<\/em> the triple s’s), I wrote a bogus post<\/a> about celebrities I never knew but very well could have — if only my life, and the lives of everybody I really did know, and the lives of the celebrities themselves, had only been 100% different. (I know, I know: so close, yet so far away.)<\/p>\n

Following that precedent, I present you now with:<\/p>\n

Bumping Fetlocks: Famous Horses<\/p>\n