A Breeder’s Notebook Coming of Age
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I knew the rock of Gibraltar, the kind of stalwart to have when Majuba looms ominous and dark in front of you. He used to say: “I sometimes yearn for myself – that part that disappeared with growing old.� In all beings there is a natural progression of physically and mentally growing up, maturing and then declining and eventually disappearing.
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Horsemanship by Johan Dreyer The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (Johan can be reached at: dreyerjohan@yahoo.com)