The Midnight Horse Show
She is The Big Rank Mare that loves me for
what I’m and not for what I have become or
what I have failed to achieve. I can’t imagine
what it would be like not having her in my life...
what I’m and not for what I have become or
what I have failed to achieve. I can’t imagine
what it would be like not having her in my life...
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| ...For of The Soul The Body form Thou Take, The Soul Is Formed, Does The Body Make... Edmund Spenser |
...“If you want something bad enough then you’re only half alive without it”.
What began so long ago as a child’s dream is now a living, breathing & viable broadcast property
that fills the air ways with hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow for so many unfortunate
souls. The Midnight Horse Show has evolved into a weekly radio program focusing on the
emotional side of horses – a program produced for those with a sense of passion, a gentle touch and
kindness in their hearts. For you see, we can learn so much by simply watching & developing trust
with a gentle hand and a soft voice.
Make no mistake about it - this is an abstract program, a romance - a dream of what could be with
the right blend of emotions and life’s experiences interwoven through deep personal relationships -
and a long history of failures and broken dreams. Yet this is a program tempered with mild
successes, where the deepest and painfully honest feeling are held safe - out of reach by most
humans - by today’s women. Women - the far better side of our civilization - those that still hold a
soft spot in their hearts for these magnificent animals - these creatures - that were a part of
their childhood or maybe – their dreams - that could not be satisfied until now. The Midnight
Horse Show is a program with only one star – one leading roll and one spot light - it serves only one
purpose - The Life and Times of Equus.
For some of us those that were fortunate to grow up with horses, they were always there, always
present - that one constant in our lives we could count on and now as we grow older, they are again
standing there – waiting for us every morning as yet another day begins. They give so much and
yet ask so little – only stolen moments of our time and a little extra carrots and a rub on the neck
every sunrise when we say good morning and every evening when we say good night when we bed
them down. A process that our grandparents preformed so many years before us. They are part
of our history – they are so much of what we have become – now at this time in our lives – we owe
them everything and that is why we work long hours to care for them – but mostly – they are our
friends.
Every week The Midnight Horse Show takes the listener back in time when life itself was simple
and pure – when long summer days were spent with a special friend, a friend that was their only
champion. Each segment of the program recaptures a now different life - long since past - before
we were forced to enter a world now gone mad by the pursuit of the legal tender and the will of
those in power and a country run by arrogant political fools and insane corporations with one eye on
the bottom line and the other in the consumer's pockets.
The Midnight Horse Show is not a program designed to teach listeners - how to - exploit another
soul – another creature, rather, it is to pay tribute to it’s enduring spirit and understand their
hardships at the hand of mankind, and everything else - well, it really does not really matter now
does it?
Nor is it a collection of love letters written by hicks & hillbillies. No - this is raw emotions from
people who love horses and life itself and much like horses - who have felt the bitter sting of
those that call themselves humans & yet are no more than arrogant fools. This is a plea to those
with a pure heart. This is a cry to those now running the broadcast properties in small cities and
towns all over this country. This is a request to take a chance on something different and air a
program far removed from madding crowd we hear daily on broadcast radio. This is programming
that interweaves serous women issues into the everyday lives of horses in captivity - those
suffering from neglect and those with only hope to transport them to another day.
For when you take the time to look deeply into another's eyes - with patients you see their heart.
And when you see another's heart you then can touch their soul. And when you finally understand
what it means to be them - then and only then - you will realized that you are truly blessed -
because you know now what it is like to walk in their shadow.
From My New Novel: Charlie's Girl
This contemporary story introduces Katrina Ryan, CEO of a powerful communications company in
New York City, who after twenty years of working endless days and weekends finally admits she
needs a few weeks off and a long delayed vacation away from the grind of corporate America.
Although initially she has her doubts, she chooses a second chance ranch & sanctuary filled with
rescued horses and compassionate humans that show her a new life reminiscent of her childhood.
Once at the ranch, Katrina meets an old horse (Charlie) that reminds her of a time now long since
past and what she left behind as she began her journey to the top of the corporate mountain. The
first day of her vacation, she meets an old man (Shawn McVeigh) who at first glance seems no
more than a hired hand, without authority, and worldly experience outside this humble existence.
Ryan later learns he is the owner and absolute authority of the ranch and carries a gentle soul and
a soft touch. When she finds out from his daughter (Sandra McVeigh) his true identity and
purpose, she is embarrassed and makes a promise to never pre-judge humans again. After a
conversation with Shawn, Ryan chooses Charlie, an old guard horse rescued for a hellhole far to
terrible too mention as her companion for her visit at this working ranch for lost souls and soon
learns this horse is far more than she bargained for on that first day. Charlie is a carbon copy of
her now long departed horse she loved so dearly as a young child growing up on her grandparents
ranch in Oklahoma. During her time at the ranch and sanctuary, something occurs that Katrina
Ryan did not expect. She begins falling in love with her old horse, the old man and all who work
there. Ryan is quickly accepted by all the resident ranch hand’s as one of them while they all fall in
love with this mystery woman and her gentle ways they think is from Oklahoma. Katrina and
Shawn become closer near the end of her visit as she listens to his story of Diablo, the young wild
mustang whose spirit remains the driving force of the sanctuary. When she finally returns to her
highly stressful career in New York she will promote a young man (Greg Smith) who needs a career
break, fire a man (Don Westerly) who’s time has run out, and tries to pick up the pieces of a
broken heart when she has to say goodbye to her beloved Charlie and all the humans she has come
to love with such honesty and resolve. Now back at her chosen career, twenty-eight long days
pass, twenty-eights days of pain and loneliness -- nearly a month of making life changing policies
while driving her company into the new millennium before she finally realizes her true fate. This
is an odyssey every woman fights with who has worked in corporate American and felt the pain of
discrimination before the winds of change begin to blow or was it simply -- fates right hand.
What began so long ago as a child’s dream is now a living, breathing & viable broadcast property
that fills the air ways with hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow for so many unfortunate
souls. The Midnight Horse Show has evolved into a weekly radio program focusing on the
emotional side of horses – a program produced for those with a sense of passion, a gentle touch and
kindness in their hearts. For you see, we can learn so much by simply watching & developing trust
with a gentle hand and a soft voice.
Make no mistake about it - this is an abstract program, a romance - a dream of what could be with
the right blend of emotions and life’s experiences interwoven through deep personal relationships -
and a long history of failures and broken dreams. Yet this is a program tempered with mild
successes, where the deepest and painfully honest feeling are held safe - out of reach by most
humans - by today’s women. Women - the far better side of our civilization - those that still hold a
soft spot in their hearts for these magnificent animals - these creatures - that were a part of
their childhood or maybe – their dreams - that could not be satisfied until now. The Midnight
Horse Show is a program with only one star – one leading roll and one spot light - it serves only one
purpose - The Life and Times of Equus.
For some of us those that were fortunate to grow up with horses, they were always there, always
present - that one constant in our lives we could count on and now as we grow older, they are again
standing there – waiting for us every morning as yet another day begins. They give so much and
yet ask so little – only stolen moments of our time and a little extra carrots and a rub on the neck
every sunrise when we say good morning and every evening when we say good night when we bed
them down. A process that our grandparents preformed so many years before us. They are part
of our history – they are so much of what we have become – now at this time in our lives – we owe
them everything and that is why we work long hours to care for them – but mostly – they are our
friends.
Every week The Midnight Horse Show takes the listener back in time when life itself was simple
and pure – when long summer days were spent with a special friend, a friend that was their only
champion. Each segment of the program recaptures a now different life - long since past - before
we were forced to enter a world now gone mad by the pursuit of the legal tender and the will of
those in power and a country run by arrogant political fools and insane corporations with one eye on
the bottom line and the other in the consumer's pockets.
The Midnight Horse Show is not a program designed to teach listeners - how to - exploit another
soul – another creature, rather, it is to pay tribute to it’s enduring spirit and understand their
hardships at the hand of mankind, and everything else - well, it really does not really matter now
does it?
Nor is it a collection of love letters written by hicks & hillbillies. No - this is raw emotions from
people who love horses and life itself and much like horses - who have felt the bitter sting of
those that call themselves humans & yet are no more than arrogant fools. This is a plea to those
with a pure heart. This is a cry to those now running the broadcast properties in small cities and
towns all over this country. This is a request to take a chance on something different and air a
program far removed from madding crowd we hear daily on broadcast radio. This is programming
that interweaves serous women issues into the everyday lives of horses in captivity - those
suffering from neglect and those with only hope to transport them to another day.
For when you take the time to look deeply into another's eyes - with patients you see their heart.
And when you see another's heart you then can touch their soul. And when you finally understand
what it means to be them - then and only then - you will realized that you are truly blessed -
because you know now what it is like to walk in their shadow.
From My New Novel: Charlie's Girl
This contemporary story introduces Katrina Ryan, CEO of a powerful communications company in
New York City, who after twenty years of working endless days and weekends finally admits she
needs a few weeks off and a long delayed vacation away from the grind of corporate America.
Although initially she has her doubts, she chooses a second chance ranch & sanctuary filled with
rescued horses and compassionate humans that show her a new life reminiscent of her childhood.
Once at the ranch, Katrina meets an old horse (Charlie) that reminds her of a time now long since
past and what she left behind as she began her journey to the top of the corporate mountain. The
first day of her vacation, she meets an old man (Shawn McVeigh) who at first glance seems no
more than a hired hand, without authority, and worldly experience outside this humble existence.
Ryan later learns he is the owner and absolute authority of the ranch and carries a gentle soul and
a soft touch. When she finds out from his daughter (Sandra McVeigh) his true identity and
purpose, she is embarrassed and makes a promise to never pre-judge humans again. After a
conversation with Shawn, Ryan chooses Charlie, an old guard horse rescued for a hellhole far to
terrible too mention as her companion for her visit at this working ranch for lost souls and soon
learns this horse is far more than she bargained for on that first day. Charlie is a carbon copy of
her now long departed horse she loved so dearly as a young child growing up on her grandparents
ranch in Oklahoma. During her time at the ranch and sanctuary, something occurs that Katrina
Ryan did not expect. She begins falling in love with her old horse, the old man and all who work
there. Ryan is quickly accepted by all the resident ranch hand’s as one of them while they all fall in
love with this mystery woman and her gentle ways they think is from Oklahoma. Katrina and
Shawn become closer near the end of her visit as she listens to his story of Diablo, the young wild
mustang whose spirit remains the driving force of the sanctuary. When she finally returns to her
highly stressful career in New York she will promote a young man (Greg Smith) who needs a career
break, fire a man (Don Westerly) who’s time has run out, and tries to pick up the pieces of a
broken heart when she has to say goodbye to her beloved Charlie and all the humans she has come
to love with such honesty and resolve. Now back at her chosen career, twenty-eight long days
pass, twenty-eights days of pain and loneliness -- nearly a month of making life changing policies
while driving her company into the new millennium before she finally realizes her true fate. This
is an odyssey every woman fights with who has worked in corporate American and felt the pain of
discrimination before the winds of change begin to blow or was it simply -- fates right hand.
The Midnight Horse Show
Soul2Soul
| What can you say about a big horse that touched so many humans’ lives – what can I say that has not ’t been said a thousand times over the past sixteen years and what can we add that explains what he meant to so many people. People that never saw him run, never looked into his big brown eyes and never knew what was in his heart. He’s now the standard in which all horse owners judge every horse they see – he’s the one we think about every May – and yet wonder if we will ever see the likes of him again - He was simply called – Secretariat. He was the big chestnut that made us forget about all our problems in the spring of 1973. He was the one that made the young girls cry and he was the one that stole everyone’s heart that summer when he became a triple-crown winner. But it was more than just winning three races – it was the manner in which he carried himself – the way he walked and stopped to visit with all the young girls. He was a rock star – or was he royalty? He came into our lives and then was gone – his accomplishments are still unbroken – but the day he passed away – he made me cry – and that day he became bigger than life itself. Show Number 23. |
Secretariat
