"...more like a blissful coexistence for which I am deeply grateful."

When I heard that phrase on Vermont Public Radio tonight during a commentator's essay about interacting with his Shetland pony, it made me smile. I know that feeling of being in the barn and sensing all is right in that little world. I've used the full presence required by horses to shut the door on the outside world for a bit. I feel like I've done that (and valued it) even more this fall and early winter, when there have been so many tremendously sad news stories. The VPR story, In the Winter Stable, can be read or listened to here.