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I have had the pleasure of volunteering as a sidewalker at Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship (CTRH) for the past two years. During this time, I’ve worked closely with friend and fellow sidewalker, Joan Lenczicki. She is the one who connected me with those who run the Miniature Horse Outreach, and I will be forever …
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I hope you are enjoying this Back in the Saddle blog series as much as I am. The series will continue over the next few weeks with interviews of individuals who serve in a variety of roles in equine therapy and equine-assisted therapy programs. Have you missed the previous posts in this series? You can …
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Welcome back! This is the third post in the Back in the Saddle Blog Series. If you missed either the introduction or the piece about Mini Horse Outreach, I invite you to read them here. Today, we’re talking with Anora Snyder, Program Director and PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor at Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and …
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In my last post, I introduced a new blog series about equine and equine-assisted therapies and explained the significance and relevance of these programs to my writing. The Back in the Saddle Series will continue over the next few weeks with interviews of individuals who serve in a variety of roles in such programs. I …
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The familiar idiom “back in the saddle” means to return to something after an absence; to make another attempt after failure, interruption, or setback. I only published one blog post in the past year, and I haven’t worked on a manuscript since last spring. But as the Public Relations Officer for our Band Boosters, I …
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Diane Craver, Shelley Shepard Gray, Cathy Liggett, Mindy Steele, and I are compiling a list of fun questions we will answer at our Panel Discussion and Signing event next month. There will be giveaways and books for sale! Do you have questions you’d like to hear us answer? Send those questions to Laurie at lauriestroupsmith@gmail.com. …
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Author Tracy Fredrychowski recently invited me to be a guest on her popular “Buggy Talk” Podcast. We talked about writing, fiction, and The Pocket Quilt Series, and I read the first chapter of my most recent release Pockets of Peace, the third and final book in the series. In case you missed the conversations we …
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