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- Photo of the Day – Reef Before the Storm Hits
Here’s a photo of Grit moments after I arrived at the town dock in Oriental, NC. Let’s Keep in Touch Sign up for The River, the RiverEarth newsletter, for occasional doses of rambling and homestead life. Plus you’ll get a free copy of my 155-page illustrated ebook 19 Million Mule Steps. Just enter your email… Read more: Photo of the Day – Reef Before the Storm Hits
- 16 Animals Are Watching You: Last Day to Bid on Julia’s Pet Food Paintings
Happy Sunday morning! A guinea hen named Freezy would look good on your wall. Today’s your last chance to bid on Julia’s Pet Food paintings, and every dollar goes to a local animal shelter. About Pet Food Julia painted these for her cookbook Pet Food: 16 Dessert Recipes to Make You Smile and I framed… Read more: 16 Animals Are Watching You: Last Day to Bid on Julia’s Pet Food Paintings - Meet Mule Polly and Watch The Lost Sea Expedition at FENCE House in Tryon
Ever squeezed into a 21-square-foot wagon that crossed America? Come take a wagon voyage across America with mule Polly and me! On Wednesday, September 30, Polly and I are bringing the Lost Sea Expedition program to FENCE House in Tryon, North Carolina. Trailer for The Lost Sea Expedition documentary Come meet Polly. Squeeze into the… Read more: Meet Mule Polly and Watch The Lost Sea Expedition at FENCE House in Tryon - Small Craft Warning: How I Repaired the Tiller I Broke Sailing in 25 Knots
The morning my tiller broke, I woke to a small craft warning on board my Nimble 24 sailboat Grit and decided to go sailing anyway. I hoisted her tanbark sails, tied in a double reef, poked her nose into the Pamlico Sound and the second I rounded the breakwater, the 25 knot wind heeled her… Read more: Small Craft Warning: How I Repaired the Tiller I Broke Sailing in 25 Knots - REIN Fundraiser Poster for FENCE Event September 30
Join mule Polly, Julia and me on September 30 at FENCE (Foothills Equestrian Nature Center) to raise funds for REIN (Rescuing Equines in Need) Rescue. I’ll be screening the Lost Sea Expedition, the movie about my 395 day wagon voyage from Canada to Mexico with my mule Polly. Come meet Polly, check out the Lost… Read more: REIN Fundraiser Poster for FENCE Event September 30 - Get a Taste of Pet Food at Happy Valley Filling Station
RESCHEDULED RESCHEDULED RESCHEDULED Note: Julia’s artist reception for Pet Foot has been rescheduled to September 2 at 5:30 pm Join my wife Julia and me this Wednesday August 26, September 2 at 5 pm at Happy Valley Filling Station for the opening reception of Pet Food. Pet Food is a collection of 16 of Julia’s… Read more: Get a Taste of Pet Food at Happy Valley Filling Station - Julia Carpenter on Creative Spirits Unleashed Podcast
Julia Carpenter, my wife, “Equine Seer” and founder of the Two Step Way, was a guest this week on Lynne Carnes’s Creative Spirits Unleashed podcast. If you’re interested in forging stronger bonds with your horse, dog, or yes, even your spouse, family and friends, this is a must-hear interview! Listen to Julia and Lynne on… Read more: Julia Carpenter on Creative Spirits Unleashed Podcast - Warwick Schiller Podcast: Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks
This spring, my wife Julia and I towed our sailboat Grit out of the barn, launched her and sailed her to Shackleford Banks, North Carolina, where we spent the next two weeks studying the wild horses that live there. We never imagined that ramble would land us on numerous podcasts, including Warwick Schiller’s Journey On… Read more: Warwick Schiller Podcast: Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks - Shackleford Banks Wild Horses on Today’s Horsewoman Podcast
Earlier this spring, Julia and I spent two weeks anchored off Shackleford Banks (North Carolina) studying the wild horses that call the 9-mile uninhabited island home. While we were at Shackleford, we appeared on Rose Cushing’s podcasts Today’s Horsewoman and Today’s Horseman. Have a listen. You can just hear the crackling energy in our voices.… Read more: Shackleford Banks Wild Horses on Today’s Horsewoman Podcast - The Lost Sea Expedition — Finally, the Whole Story
Twenty years ago, I built a small wagon in my friend Mel Wyatt’s garage, hauled it and my mule Polly to Neptune, Saskatchewan, hitched Polly to the wagon and headed south. My dream was to follow the path of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, from Canada to Mexico. I’d film the whole voyage… Read more: The Lost Sea Expedition — Finally, the Whole Story - Farewell to the Wild Ponies of Shackleford Banks
After two weeks anchored off Shackleford Banks aboard Grit, we felt like an extension of the uninhabited island. We knew the dark blue part of the channel we needed to aim for if we didn’t want to run Grit aground as we entered the anchorage. We had seen Back Sound in a range of states,… Read more: Farewell to the Wild Ponies of Shackleford Banks
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