Well, I've finally taken another serious step toward this project: joined the Vermont Morgan Horse Association. I've also registered for the Annual Meeting, which should be a really nice night and give me some good information above and beyond the Morgan connections - the keynote is about Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
You can also like the VMHA on Facebook to support them.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
UVM Morgan Horse Farm Short Video
I've visited the UVM Morgan Horse Farm on a few occasions, and it's a beautiful spot. I'll head back sometime this spring to do some touristing, probably. It's not really directly connected to the research I'm doing on Figure: the farm was originally founded by Joseph Battell, who collected the Morgan studbook information and bred horses himself. He turned it over to the US Government, who in turn gave it to UVM, all in the 20th century, long after Figure was gone.
The UVM Morgans are gorgeous animals, but trend a bit away from the stocky all-rounders that I love and into the saddleseat/breed showing side of things.
Here's a really wonderful short video about the farm and the work they do there.
The UVM Morgans are gorgeous animals, but trend a bit away from the stocky all-rounders that I love and into the saddleseat/breed showing side of things.
Here's a really wonderful short video about the farm and the work they do there.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
I'm taking a brief moment to talk about something not horse or Morgan-related at all. Please pardon the indulgence!
Louisa May Alcott and her family moved to a house in Concord, MA in 1858. Her father, Bronson, named it "Orchard House" after the apple orchards that surrounded it. It was in that house that Louisa wrote the book that would make her famous: Little Women. She blazed through the draft in one month, sitting at a little desk overlooking the front yard.
Orchard House is a truly special place. If any house can be said to have a soul, Orchard House has one. I worked at Orchard House in college, mostly as a tour guide. When I was promoted to opening and closing, I would often get to the house 15 minutes early and sit on the floor in one of the rooms, soaking up the atmosphere. I love that house like I love few other places in the world.
It's a special place with a really special history, on both the emotional and the intellectual levels.
Right now, Orchard House is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary telling the story of the house itself, which dates back to the Revolutionary War and contains fascinating American history above and beyond the Alcott family, whose story is much more far-reaching than just Louisa's literary career. The house has been a museum for over a century, and has a remarkable portion of original family furnishings and artifacts. If for no other reason than to tell the story of one of the most remarkable historic house museums in the United States, this documentary will be an extraordinary thing.
If you're a fan of Little Women, please consider donating to the Kickstarter campaign.
Louisa May Alcott and her family moved to a house in Concord, MA in 1858. Her father, Bronson, named it "Orchard House" after the apple orchards that surrounded it. It was in that house that Louisa wrote the book that would make her famous: Little Women. She blazed through the draft in one month, sitting at a little desk overlooking the front yard.
Orchard House is a truly special place. If any house can be said to have a soul, Orchard House has one. I worked at Orchard House in college, mostly as a tour guide. When I was promoted to opening and closing, I would often get to the house 15 minutes early and sit on the floor in one of the rooms, soaking up the atmosphere. I love that house like I love few other places in the world.
It's a special place with a really special history, on both the emotional and the intellectual levels.
Right now, Orchard House is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary telling the story of the house itself, which dates back to the Revolutionary War and contains fascinating American history above and beyond the Alcott family, whose story is much more far-reaching than just Louisa's literary career. The house has been a museum for over a century, and has a remarkable portion of original family furnishings and artifacts. If for no other reason than to tell the story of one of the most remarkable historic house museums in the United States, this documentary will be an extraordinary thing.
If you're a fan of Little Women, please consider donating to the Kickstarter campaign.
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