I was in Columbia, MO at Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center’s Art On The Saddle fundraiser at Ozark Mountain Biscuit & Bar this past weekend!
I had a blast reading “Of Course, Of Course” to the terrific crowd, selling signed copies of HORSE SHOW to benefit CCTRC’s riders and horses, and watching the bids rise on saddles whimsically decorated by a number of local artists! All twelve custom saddles were claimed by eager art collectors, raising more than 4K for CCTRC!
Best of all, we loaded up Audie, one of CCTRC’s therapy mules, and brought her along to the event for photo ops and general mule merriment! Ozark Mountain Biscuit Company is located in Columbia’s Stockyards District, right next to the Wright Brothers Mule Barn. So it was cool to bring a molly mule back to the Stockyards!
Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center is taking donations online at their website, so if you missed the festivities, you can still help out a great cause!
I was also thrilled to do an interview/reading with my friend Laura Wacker on local radio station KOPN’s “Evening Edition” on 6/11. For the next two weeks, you can stream the show online at KOPN.org.
Last but not least, I wrote a lil’ book list for shepherd.com, a new online initiative that asks “9,000+ authors to share five of their favorite books around a topic, theme, or mood and why they love each book.” My Shepherd list, “the best books for animal lovers who are also history geeks,” features five of my all-time favorites, both fiction and nonfiction–check it out!
And if you haven’t gotten your copy of HORSE SHOW yet, now’s a terrific time to join the herd!
Jess Bowers 