The art and business of horseshoeing through a womans' eyes
Monday, August 10, 2009
This guy is summering on fifteen acres of brome. He is very happy and is enjoying his temporary home. These ponies are not my customers. The rig and ponies live near my inlaws in Missouri. Very cute, though!
I am a professional farrier and a writer. When I was a kid I wanted to be a horseshoer, but that was a long time ago and girls were not encouraged to learn the trade. As an adult, I had an opportunity to fulfill that dream. I went to a farrier school, then apprenticed for two years. I am currently working full time as a farrier. I found the work so amusing and so full of life that it has spilled into a set of novels who's main character is an older female farrier named Smokey Westford. I hope someday to publish the series for your enjoyment. I spend my leisure time volunteering as a board member for the Meriden Library, as a Master Gardener, and sorting books with the Topeka and Shawne County Friends of the Library.