Painting by Wendy Burden
Sometimes when I describe my horse Mark, I’ll explain that he’s just a plain little horse with a big heart. Then, I used to add, “He’s cute, but he’s no oil painting.” Now I can no longer say that because Mark has been painted not once, but twice. My dear friend Wendy Burden, a very talented artist and the author of the wonderful Dead End Gene Pool, painted the above portrait of Mark last year and gave it to me as a gift and I told her then that it was one of the nicest gifts anybody has ever given me, which truly, it is.
Remember when I blogged about the New York Times coming to our house to interview us and take our photos? Well, I have just received an email from our very own Tracy, informing me that the piece is up on the Times’ website. You can view it 
A few weeks ago, I received a call from my book publicist. He told me that he had just given my agent’s phone number to somebody at Town and Country magazine. Town and Country had an idea for me, he said. He actually used the word “collaboration.” It was something they wanted me to write. They would be in touch by the end of the day
