Travel by Mule
Woody and Maggie (198/9? – 2014)
I’ve written and read a lot of obituaries lately. In the span of eighteen months, my mother, dad, mule, pack pony and family dog have died. None of this comes as a surprise. The young are supposed to scatter the ashes of the old. Then they go on living. Potatoes are banked. Winesaps are pruned. Commutes are commuted. May be some ash slips in to the orchard.
Here’s a look back at two extraordinary equines that took me in to… Continue reading
Winter 2014 "Hoofing It" Programs
So you left Christmas in the dust. Made some resolutions but back slid moments after 2014 kicked off. Now you’ve got… Continue reading
Upcoming Hoofing It programs
Sap’s rising and you’re getting the urge to hit the road like back in the day when all it took was a stick and a hankie. Sure, those hobo days are romanticized but face it, the older you get, the more reasons you come up with to stay put.
Still, every year, you wonder. If you don’t run away this year, will you ever?
Too Proud To Ride A Cow Original
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After spending almost 5 years sailing alone around the world, Bernie Harberts arrived home a prisoner of the very independence he’d worked so hard to cultivate.
Harberts decided it was time to let people back in his… Continue reading
"Too Proud to Ride a Cow" in Digital Form
Used to be, if you wanted a copy of “Too Proud to Ride a Cow”, my account of traveling across America by mule, you bought a copy at the bookstore or ordered it from the RiverEarth General Store. If… Continue reading
Woody and Maggie Walk Across America Original
Woody and Maggie Walk Across America
“Woody and Maggie Walk Across America” is an account of Bernie’s cross-country mule and pony adventure. The 40-page, full color, hard cover children’s book is written for 5 to 10-year-old readers. Join Bernie, Woody and Maggie to discover:
- What Bernie found unusual about each state
- What Woody and Maggie imagined about each state
- How the three lived from day to day.
Exercises at the end of the book help children find their way across… Continue reading
Bernie and His Mounts Present "Hoofing It"
Bernie, Woody and Maggie on the trail outside Lenoir, NC (Eileen Walsh photo)
Bernie and his critters are back on the trail – the speaker’s trail that is. They have a program scheduled Wednesday, August 26 in West Jefferson, NC. Click here for the details…
Journey's End – and an Offer
Hitching-up-time (but not much longer)
Outside Artesia, New Mexico
Holy wagon tongue Pilgrims, it’s happening! Yep, together, we’ve traveled 2500 miles, 13 months, through 10 states and 4 seasons. We’ve cooked Kansas rattlesnakes , slogged through snow and gone down a mosasaur’s throat. And now our Canada to Mexico wagon voyage is coming to an end.
Mexico is coming into view. From here in Artesia, New Mexico it’s under 200 miles, or 4 weeks by wagon, away.
200 miles from… Continue reading
UNC-TV to Feature "Too Proud to Ride a Cow" Book
“Too Proud to Ride a Cow”
By Mule Across America
UNC-TV will feature “Too Proud to Ride a Cow”, the account of Bernie’s last coast-to-coast mule voyage, on “North Carolina Bookwatch”. Click here to see when you can hear Bernie explain how, as an author, mule Woody wasn’t the only thing he had to tie down…
Bernie's Appearances
Bernie and his critters often take their show on the road. Browse the dates and times below a program near you.
Product Review
“Too Proud to Ride a Cow”
Hill City, SD
2010
*Tuesday, April 13
“Hoofing It: By Mule Across North Carolina”
E. Lincoln Fire Dept.
on S. Pilot Knob Road
Denver, NC
7:00 pm
The Friends of the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library and the NC Humanities Council present “Hoofing It”, the North Carolina segment of Bernie’s coast-to-coast… Continue reading
