by Kit Caelsto | Feb 19, 2025 | Homestead Life, Horses
When everyone in Westeros started talking about winter’s imminent arrival, I highly doubt it was any of the Starks who contemplated things like water hydrants or how they were going to get water to their livestock. I haven’t read the books beyond the first...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 29, 2025 | Homestead Life, Horses
After close to six weeks of cold weather, including three weeks of having hoses coiled in my hallway to keep them from freezing so I could water the horses without lugging 10 kitty litter buckets full of water every day, worrying about the possibility of frozen pipes...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 19, 2025 | Equestrian Lit, Excerpts, Horses, Second Joy Series
Today I’m sharing an excerpt from the newly released title, Head Shy, the second book in the Second Joy Stable series, which features Devon, a transman, who is now taking a recuperating off-the-track thoroughbred into his care. His relationship with Xan is...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 3, 2024 | Animal Companions, Author Life, Homestead Life, Horses
Last week I suggested to spouse that we walk down to get the mail. For context, our driveway is a tenth of a mile, and it was about six in the evening. I’d already fed the horses and they’d gone down to the front of the pasture to graze for the night. But...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 21, 2024 | Author Life, Horses, model horse hobby
I’ve probably been making up stories as long as I’ve been collecting model horses. After all, when you are “horse crazy”, but your family can’t afford a real horse, what do you do? You turn to model horses–also known as the gateway...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 14, 2024 | Horses
I’ve finally trained Facebook to show me what I want — horses. So it wasn’t any surprise when this picture came through a “suggested” group with the caption “look at the pretty horse”. I did. And then my brow furrowed and I...
