“ONE BAD APPLE don’t spoil the whole bunch girl!” Today’s column is about reminding folks NOT to feed a horse they don’t own. Apples are on my mind because they’re commonly thrown over fences to horses by strangers, so naturally it prompted one of my favorite songs from my early teens to start playing in my mind: “One Bad Apple” by the Osmonds was No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971.
GOT THE URGE to bring home a cute, adorable miniature donkey? I’ve been resisting that impulse myself since visiting Melody Johnson and her herd at her Donkey Whisperer Farm while interviewing her for my Jan. 27 column, HORSEPLAY: The magical and musical world of training donkeys | Peninsula Daily News.