Horse Dreams
Horses and women have always shared a bond. Why else do little girls plaster their schoolbooks with pony pictures? Why do women spend weekends devotedly mucking out paddocks? Or willingly go out in public wearing tight, unforgiving, pale jodhpurs? How is it that otherwise fastidious females cheerfully fill their cars with hay, their nails with dirt and their boots with mud, while turning out gleaming horses, with barely a tail-hair out of place? It seems that in days when urban sprawl is overtaking paddocks and trails, and country life seems so far away, little girls (and big ones!) still dream of horses.
HorseDreams explores the beautiful, intense and often funny relationships between women and horses – creatures that carry their female friends through life, offering strong, silent companionship, and the chance to escape, if only in their imagination. Humour, devotion, warmth and enthusiasm shine through tales of scruffy childhood ponies, sleek brave thoroughbreds and even the occasional donkey, seahorse or carousel steed.
Contributors include: Marge Piercy, Caroline Taylor, Rebecca Gorman, Jenny Barnes, Di Gatehouse, Julie Copeland, Tatyana Mamonova, Pat Hodgell.
2004 | ISBN 9781876756475 | Paperback | 212 x 212 mm | 220 pp
Horses and women have always shared a bond. Why else do little girls plaster their schoolbooks with pony pictures? Why do women spend weekends devotedly mucking out paddocks? Or willingly go out in public wearing tight, unforgiving, pale jodhpurs? How is it that otherwise fastidious females cheerfully fill their cars with hay, their nails with dirt and their boots with mud, while turning out gleaming horses, with barely a tail-hair out of place? It seems that in days when urban sprawl is overtaking paddocks and trails, and country life seems so far away, little girls (and big ones!) still dream of horses.
HorseDreams explores the beautiful, intense and often funny relationships between women and horses – creatures that carry their female friends through life, offering strong, silent companionship, and the chance to escape, if only in their imagination. Humour, devotion, warmth and enthusiasm shine through tales of scruffy childhood ponies, sleek brave thoroughbreds and even the occasional donkey, seahorse or carousel steed.
Contributors include: Marge Piercy, Caroline Taylor, Rebecca Gorman, Jenny Barnes, Di Gatehouse, Julie Copeland, Tatyana Mamonova, Pat Hodgell.
2004 | ISBN 9781876756475 | Paperback | 212 x 212 mm | 220 pp
Horses and women have always shared a bond. Why else do little girls plaster their schoolbooks with pony pictures? Why do women spend weekends devotedly mucking out paddocks? Or willingly go out in public wearing tight, unforgiving, pale jodhpurs? How is it that otherwise fastidious females cheerfully fill their cars with hay, their nails with dirt and their boots with mud, while turning out gleaming horses, with barely a tail-hair out of place? It seems that in days when urban sprawl is overtaking paddocks and trails, and country life seems so far away, little girls (and big ones!) still dream of horses.
HorseDreams explores the beautiful, intense and often funny relationships between women and horses – creatures that carry their female friends through life, offering strong, silent companionship, and the chance to escape, if only in their imagination. Humour, devotion, warmth and enthusiasm shine through tales of scruffy childhood ponies, sleek brave thoroughbreds and even the occasional donkey, seahorse or carousel steed.
Contributors include: Marge Piercy, Caroline Taylor, Rebecca Gorman, Jenny Barnes, Di Gatehouse, Julie Copeland, Tatyana Mamonova, Pat Hodgell.
2004 | ISBN 9781876756475 | Paperback | 212 x 212 mm | 220 pp
Reviews
‘This is a beautiful book for women who love riding and caring for horses, and for all those others who can only dream of the joy of having a horse in their life.’
–Readings Summer Reading Guide
‘A beautiful coffee-table book full of photographs and horsey obsession.’
–Emma Whale, Hawkesbury Independent
‘Whether you are horsey or not, you will find something to interest and enchant you in this collection.’
–Nina Valentine, Ballarat Courier
‘Such entertainment and inspiration make this a great gift or bedtime story favourite for all who love horses.’
–Lana Best, The Examiner
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface v
Section One HorsePower
Seven Horses Marge Piercy
Horse- riding Instructions from an Old Bushie, Or How Not To Fall Off a Horse Munya Andrews
Calamity Jane— The Little Feminist Horse! Caroline Taylor
Brumbies Beatriz Copello
Pink Clover Theo Wills-Johnson
Horse Diary Finola Moorhead
Sounds of the Stables Sarah Cowell
Of Power and Control Wendy Ellerton
Born to Run Janet Stumbo
Horse Byte Rose Kizinska
The Homecoming of Bungala Kiersten Coulter
Kimberley Moonbeam the Fourth Melinda Tankard Reist
Don’t Fence Me In Chris Sitka
Over the Ravine Sophie Barnet
Horse Dreams and Commonsense Pam Bjork- Billings
La Marismeña Australiana Kirrilly Thompson
Section Two GirlDreams
Horses Schmorses Ginger Ekselman
For Love, Trust and Nothing Else Linley Maroney
For the Love of a Mare Di Gatehouse
Clever Chap Jan Williamson
Pedro Deborah Wardle
Freedom is a Horse Kirsten Bowers
Broken Memories Lana Homes
Barbero’s Story Suzanne Coutanceau
My Horse’s Heart Caroline Taylor
A Horse Tale Freya Berenyi
Tango Marion Tyree
Pretty Girl Anna Kay
Dedicated to Horses Shelley Virduzzo
I Dream of Horses Julie Copeland
What Is It About Little Girls and Horses? Martha C. Sewell
Section Three HorseMyths
At the Rim of the Plains Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
Shape- shifters Sue Booker
Wild Wisdom Karin Meissenburg
The Gift Margôt Erikson
Hippocampus June Kant
They Have My Heart, They Sing My Soul Catherine Johns
The Woman on Horseback Claire French
Equus Angela Crocombe
I am a Sagittaria Tatyana Mamanova
Stormy Susan Wills
My Horse with a Golden Pole Cheryl Osborne
The Last Melbourne Cup Koa Whittingham
Section Four NightMares
Black Horse Eve
The Goddess Paddock Lin Van Hek
A Holiday Romance Denise Imwold
Night Journey Marg Peck
For Drew Niki van Buuren
Love is Caleb Sandra Burr
My Friend. My Confidante. My Horse. Schantelle Edgecumbe
The Beginning Polly Klein
Champions Brenda Coulter
The Horse Guard Lyn McConchie
Fur Therapy Lorelei Dowling
The RSPCA Horse Coral Hull
Destiny Kate Danby
Diary Helen McLennan
Thanatos – Be Damned Francesca Bass
Horsewoman Pat Hodgell
Section Five WorkHorses
Dress- up Donkeys Donna Jackson
Bareback Rider Amanda Owen
Cat Friday Rebecca Gorman
A One Horse Tale Sharman Horwood
Joyce Pilkington and Karumba Cassidy Mary K. Hughes
How Many Times Do You Have to Fall? Susan Hawthorne
The Vet Check Linda Dicmanis
Lorna’s Story Lorna Oldaker and Maralann Damiano
Can You Feel It? Alayne Renee Blickle
Joey Anne Deal
The Black Horse Jenny Barnes
Bay Rose: The Last of the Great Walers Janne Ellen
Johnny Appleseed and Life on the Road Zohl dé Ishtar
Section Six InterBeing
Creatures Ann Game
Dreaming of Pegasus, or Quin’s Story Lynda Birke
Horsefeathers Beth Burrows
Talent Elizabeth Campbell
The Smell of Love Gwin Harris Steph
Change Heather Cameron
The Tail of a Terrible Horse Jill Mather
The Horse Whisperers Doreen and Cathie Dunsford
Star Louise Duval
I Remember, I Don’t Remember Margaret Carmichael Leonard
Lesson One: Thinking Outside the Square Anna Bianchi
Barn Fire Sally Armbrecht
You Ask Me About My Horse, You Ask Me About Myself Alessina Brooks
The Orphan Foal Helen McIntyre
A Vision of Horses and Mules Marge Piercy
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