Elizabeth Love Kennon

I need an old oak tree, with space around it to inhale; not too much to ask for. I can’t breathe in neighborhoods. Can’t feel the gritty earth pressing up through my toes. It takes an old farmhouse to hold me in its stories – one of many who have gone before. I need to […]

For me, the intersection between a horse and a human is a place of magic. I believe that some of us were born to be touched by horses… we craved contact with them, dreamed about them, fantasizing about them, and when we were with them, our world changed; colors became brighter, smells clearer, and our […]

I’ve been needing a recharge. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have an amazing life! Jeff and I got married this past September, after 8 years of waiting, building our relationship, and parenting our boys. I’m still blown away by the depth of joy it brings, to weave our lives together this way. My work […]

I’m not a thrill seeker. I’m not one of those folks who is hooked on adrenaline. True, my lifelong love affair with horses has me court high adrenaline moments on a more regular basis than some, but that’s not the draw for me. Unfortunately, I’ve spent more years of my life on the anxiety side […]

Yesterday, my life changed. Jeff and I got married. I wasn’t anticipating the depth of the change this has wrought in me. For both of us, this is our second marriage. There’s pain left over from a previous marriage. Scars. A reticence to trust, and fully open again. And we’ve worked through the majority of […]

God often speaks to me in images. I guess He knows they stick with me. I was working at Hope Reins this Saturday, and we had a great turnout of volunteer families helping to keep the ranch looking beautiful. It was a gorgeous day, and everywhere I looked there were folks working together. It just […]

I’m sliding into the end of the year; that parenthetical time when holiday happenings sweep me out of my daily routine. The frenetic rush towards Christmas is past, and I sit replete with too much delicious food, and beloved company, cast upon a now quiet shore, as the high tide of celebration recedes until New […]

It’s been two years. Two years since I sold my farm, gave away my beloved horses, and felt the lights go out inside of me. Horses are my first love – and they speak to my soul in a way that nothing else can or does. I began riding at six years old, and spent […]