"As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trust to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. We must search for fragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has ore in it, anything that is capable of resuscitating the body and the soul."

- Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

A little about me.

Verifying who I am and giving me some scrap of credibility. Let's start with Education:

The University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio                               May 2007

            Masters of Liberal Arts Studies, History

 

Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio                                             May 2005

            Bachelor of Arts, History Major and English Minor

•              History Classes:

             * Women in American History

             * History of England

             * History of Modern France

             * Civil War Reconstruction

             * History of the American West

             * History of Latin American Civilization

             * History of the Far East

             * Historiography

• Literature Classes:        

             * American Literature

             * World Literature

             * Shakespeare

             * Approaches to Criticism

 

Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio                             May 2003

            Associate of Arts, English Major and Sales and Marketing Certificate

• Literature Classes:

            * World Literature

            * Fiction

            * American Literature

            * Women in Literature

 

My equine Qualifications:

Millstream Farms, Findlay, OH                                Sept 2000 – Dec 2000

§                     Barn manager duties

§                     In charge of 15 show horses

 

Matt Kendall Racing Stables, Mermill, OH             Dec 1999 – Aug 2000

§                     In charge of 15 active racehorses

§                     Treating race related injuries

 

Legends of the Stall, Bowling Green, OH                  Aug 1998 – Sept 1999

§                     Head Stallion Handler

§                     Assisted in all breedings

§                     Taught riding lessons

 

John Kneeper’s Classical Dressage, Bedford, MI   Mar 1991 – June 1991

§                     Took riding lesson in classical dressage

 

Fox Meadow Farm, Temperance, MI                         Aug 1984 – Jan 1998

§                     Took riding lessons in Hunter/Jumper (1984 – 1999)

§                     Showed as a Hunter/Jumper (1985 – 1998)

§                     Taught summer camp (1993 – 1996)

§                     Taught riding lessons (1993 – 1998)

 

Activities:

§                     Have ridden, trained, and showed horses for 20+ years

§                     Member of the Paso Fino Horse Association

 

 

Currently I am living in Okayama, Japan.