Sweet iron – an alloy prized for the mouthpiece of bridle bits. Sweet iron – tempered and sweetened by the heat of the horse’s mouth. Sweet iron- people shaped by the hard and the sweet of the American West. In this innovative work, Linda Hussa blends oral history, storytelling, and poetry to evoke the complexity […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be lost on Mount Diablo, riding your show horse all alone after dark? For those of you who haven’t ridden Mount Diablo, as I hadn’t, it’s a beautiful, rugged mountain. Miles of trails, abundant wildlife and running streams challenged our show horses that, in most […]