“I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not as antiques but the facts of our lives.” FactsAgeOur LivesGrewGrew UpSurvivalHorseBellsHarnessAntiquesSaddlesSleighs Author:Paul Engle
“Other families bought automobiles; we had a horse-headed hitching post in front of our house and drove horses.” HouseFrontsHorsePostsAutomobile Author:Paul Engle
“A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed.” FirstsChildrenChristHappenedAirEventsHorseOriginalsSmellCattleBarnsChrist Child Book:Prairie Christmas Source: Prairie Christmas
“The corncob was the central object of my life. My father was a horse handler, first trotting and pacing horses, then coach horses, then work horses, finally saddle horses. I grew up around, on, and under horses, fed them, shoveled their manure, emptied the mangers of corncobs.” FirstsFatherObjectsGrewGrew UpHorseCoachesFedsManureSaddlesPacingTrotting Author:Paul Engle
“The years rolled their brutal course down the hill of time. Still poor, my clothes still smelling of the horse barn, still writing those doubtful poems where too much emotion clashed with too many words.” WritingYearsStillsCoursesPoorEmotionToo MuchClothesHorseHillsBrutalDoubtfulBarns Book:A Lucky American Childhood Source: A Lucky American Childhood
