Celia RykerCelia's first career was with horses. She trained horses and taught students on Southeast Michigan's hunter jumper circuit for more than thirty years. The characters in this book, horse and human, are based on people and animals she has known.Her secnd career sent her back to school to study gardening fine arts and landscape design. They were not just careers, they were passions and when life left room for a new passion she began to distance hike. Celia has kept journals and written short stories and poems all of her life. She has attended classes at local universities and writing seminars and has written articles for newsletters, local newspapers, and The Vermont League of Writers; she has been working on her craft for decades. Read More Read Less