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Monday December 10, 2018

My aunt, Ursula Daniel, died after a long illness Sunday, December 9, in Bern, Switzerland. My brother Christian Harberts and I were with her for the past week.
This closes a long chapter of our lives. We can remember anew our aunt as the unique, passionate, loving person that she was. Her life history is remarkable, spanning revolution, river boat travel and social work.
She had joys, regrets and a few quirks, too.

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Friday December 7, 2018

Man walks across America with mule. Man makes movie. Movie goes to New York City and….wins shiny gold trophy.

Yeeehaawww!

Okay. Sorry. I got a little emotional there. While I’m at it, I’ve got a hankering to plant mule Polly an apple tree. Say what?

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Thursday October 18, 2018

What are your thoughts on hoof boots? On Julia’s and my recent mule ramble we rode from our farm in North Carolina to Virginia… and back. We were on the road a month. Instead of using steel shoes, our mules wore hoof boots. We used those suckers hard. We repaired them. We cussed them. We praised them. We photographed the bejesus out of them in all conditions: from muck and mud and highways to a hurricane’s approach. Then we wrote up a report. Here it is.

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Sunday October 7, 2018

We’re home! After riding our mules out our front gate August 31, tonight, October 7, we rode back in through that very same gate. A wonderful journey has come to and end. The good news is we’ve got a pack-mule’s worth of photos and stories to share. Thanks Missy for making our cookie and mule water dream come true in the last 5 miles of the voyage. Julia will be sharing her views on the voyage at her blog Saddle Under the Stars. And now, it’s time for a shower and a beard trim…

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Sunday September 30, 2018

A needle, a hat and a boot. How are they connected? If your boot blows out you take off your hat. How the hell does that work? Here’s what you need to know about mule ramble stitching.

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Friday September 28, 2018

The skies are clearing. The mules’ hooves are drying (they get sore when walking too long in wet hoof boots). We had a wonderful 4-day stay in Damscus with Mike and Cindy Johnson. Thanks for putting us up guys! Now it’s time to move on. From here, we plan to follow the Iron Mountain Trail to Grayson Highlands. Let the mule meander continue. Plenty more posts when we get another shot at wi-fi. If you’d like to get Julia’s take on this mule meander, be sure to visit her blog Saddle Under the Stars.

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Thursday September 27, 2018

Some days words capture our mule ramble best. Other days it’s photos. Today’s the later. Julia captures the mule ramble mood on her Saddle Under the Stars blog. Some beautiful scenery and mule interaction is just a click away.

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