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Carol Ann Wilson

Author of BECAUSE WE WANTED TO! • ABOUT EARLINE • STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD

Carol Ann Wilson

Because We Wanted To!

“Why would two girls come out here to a rugged part of Colorado, buy an old dilapidated ranch, and raise horses?”

This question came to Margaret Locarnini and Clara Reida more than once, and their response forms the heart of this story. Meeting at Girl Scout Camp while working as horse guides, Margaret from Oakland, California and Clara from Rago, Kansas, they discovered they both held the dream of raising horses in the Colorado Rockies. By joining forces they believed they could make their dream come true. Undaunted by the many barriers women faced as recently as 1965—simply acquiring loans without husbands signing for them as one shocking example—they moved forward, dotting the “i” and crossing the “t” on “irrelevant” as far as convention was concerned. Naming their ranch Singing Acres to honor their deep love of singing and the way the land sang to them, they faced numerous hardships with courage and humor; they cultivated friendships, raised beautiful horses, helped countless others; and became the heart of a community.

Now available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions.

Books

Cookin’ Wild – Margaret’s Way

Because We Wanted To!

Still Point of the Turning World

About Earline

Essays

“Trust”

Antidote to Truth

Fireworks in Hong Kong

Glass Houses

House of Mirrors

Just Like Your Father

Live Oaks

Parts of Me: Reflections on Reviewing The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

The Girl from Coke

Other

Interview by Sandra Squire Fluck

Review: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Videos

Fireworks in Hong Kong

The Girl from Coke

Why I Write

Blog Archive

A Three-Ringed Singing Acres

Behind the Photograph

Book Launch & Tea Ceremony

Friendship

How to Carry Chickens

In Her Own Words

Multiple Facets

Of Friends & Mischief

Of Mountains & Beans

On Patience & Sushi

Reciprocity

Remembering Snowbird: May 10, 1992 – May 18, 2016

Roll, Roll, Roll that Cigarette

Satsuma Mischief

Sweet Harmony

To Celebrate~

Trade Show Tricks

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