SIDEBAR #56 - Travis Alexander forum

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Sandusky move for new trial puts Pennsylvania AG Kane in spotlight

"Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was ordered Thursday to turn over evidence that she says proves that a judge had leaked secret information to a reporter about a grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky for child sex abuse.

The order came during a hearing into defense moves to win a new trial for Sandusky, the former assistant football coach at Penn State University, who was convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys over 15 years.

Sandusky lawyer Alexander Lindsay maintains that the grand jury initially heard from only two victims and the case was falling apart, but the judge's leaks generated publicity that prompted other victims to come forward and helped prosecutors shore up their case and win indictments..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-pennsylvania-sandusky-idUSKCN0SN18Z20151029
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Death row inmate eats last meal, talks with spiritual advisor before execution

"...The Orlando man stabbed to death his ex-wife, Susan, their 5-year-old daughter Tuesday, and Susan's mother and sister in 1985.
The scene Correll left behind at the Conway-area home was among the most bloody and gory, police and prosecutors said at the time...

"Jerry Correll mercilessly and brutally killed four family members more than 30 years ago," State Attorney Jeff Ashton said in a statement. "The Hines family and our community may finally get the justice a jury and judge believed is deserved."..."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...ell-dead-executed-florida-20151029-story.html

Orlando man on death row executed for 1985 murders

"RaIFORD — Though it took 30 years for Jerry Correll to receive his death sentence, the process to kill him took 10 minutes.

Correll, one of Orange County's most notorious killers, was pronounced dead at 7:36 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison after receiving a lethal injection that included the controversial sedative midazolam...

When the curtain surrounding him rose, Correll looked to his right and mouthed the words, "Thank you," to a man wearing a cross in the front row. Asked whether he wanted to say any last words, Correll responded to the leader of the execution team, "No, sir."..."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...ell-dead-executed-florida-20151029-story.html

Jerry Correll, Orlando man who killed family, executed

"...The family of the victims issued this statement Thursday night:

"We, the family of Mary Lou Hines, Marybeth Jones, Susan Correll and Tuesday Correll, are at peace knowing justice has finally been served. We say this without vengeance in our hearts, but with the belief that there should be proper consequences for the actions of each and every individual. Jerry Correll chose to take the lives of four beautiful, innocent people on June 30th, 1985. People who are still loved and missed by their family and friends 30 years later. The consequences of those actions should be no less than death itself. It has taken a long time for punishment to be fulfilled but we have chose to use that time to heal and move forward.

"New families have formed. Grandchildren have been born that will, unfortunately, never know their Great Grandmother, Grandmother, Great Aunt and Cousin. Though this is a sad reality, we are blessed by God to catch glimpses of those lost while watching the new generation grow. The lives and memories created while Mary Lou, Marybeth, Susan and Tuesday were with us will never be lost. We carry them with us in our hearts forever.

"Our prayer is that all those affected by the actions of Jerry, including his family, can continue to heal and find peace."

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. The LORD lifts up the humble; He cats the wicked down to the ground." Psalms 147:3-6..."

http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...do_man_to_be_executed_for_killing_family.html

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?267668-To-watch-the-execution-or-not-watch
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Jacob Wetterling abduction tied to child suspect

"MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities are calling a man arrested for child a person of interest in the 1989 abduction of an 11-year-old boy who is still missing.
Daniel James Heinrich, 52, was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of possessing and receiving child but has not been charged in connection with the disappearance of the boy, Jacob Wetterling of St. Joseph, Minn., Richard T. Thornton, FBI special agent in charge of the Minneapolis office, said Thursday..."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/29/jacob-wetterling-1989-kidnapping/74819588/

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...erling-Case-May-be-Tied-to-Child-🤬🤬🤬🤬-Suspect
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[YESorNO]

‘So This Is What a Murderer Looks Like’
A defense lawyer’s photos of four women re-entering society.

"...It was after completing a photography project a couple of years ago that Bennett, now 59, realized that her images could reveal what years before judges and juries could not: a more complete picture of ordinary lives upended by extraordinary circumstances.Each of her subjects was convicted of murder, she said, and “I want people to think, ‘So this is what a murderer looks like’.”..."

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/09/11/so-this-is-what-a-murderer-looks-like

I'm sorry, but these women killed someone and should never have been released, IMO. I don't care that they "look like regular" people- they aren't; if they have killed, they are murderers- different than people who have not murdered another human being.
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Do You Age Faster in Prison?
Science tries to catch up with the problem of ‘accelerated aging.’

"...For years, corrections officials have spoken of prisoners who appear far older than their actual age. In the early 1990s, a few officials suggested to the sociologist Ronald Aday that “the typical inmate in his fifties has a physical appearance of at least 10 years older.” That comment was cited widely by journalists and researchers, and a handful of mysteriously specific claims have floated around, saying prisoners over 50 have a health profile of people 11.5 years older...

Aday says no studies have proven that prisoners age at a specific rate compared to those on the outside. But a slow trickle of studies—including the one Bolano assisted with—have started to show that there is medical evidence behind the idea that at around age 50 prisoners start to contend with the health problems more often associated with people far older..."

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/24/do-you-age-faster-in-prison
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Life Without Parole
Inside the secretive world of parole boards, where your freedom may depend on politics and whim.

"...America's prisons hold tens of thousands of people like Rodriguez — people primarily confined not by the verdicts of a judge or a jury but by the inaction of a parole board. Michigan is one of 26 states where parole boards are vested with almost unlimited power to decide who gets out of prison when, and why...

A months-long Marshall Project investigation reveals that, in many states, parole boards are so deeply cautious about releasing prisoners who could come back to haunt them that they release only a small fraction of those eligible — and almost none who have committed violent offenses, even those who pose little danger and whom a judge clearly intended to go free..."

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/07/10/life-without-parole
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[YESorNO]

Here's When Daylight Saving Time Ends (You're Welcome!)
Turn those clocks back.

"Daylight saving time, the practice that throws our sleep schedules all out of whack, ends Sunday, November 1 at 2 a.m. The clocks will "fall back" one hour...
Here are a few ways to ensure enough Z’s:..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...=Healthy+Living%3Fncid%3Dnewsltushpmg00000003

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The power of story

"Across time and culture, stories have been agents of personal transformation – in part because they change our brains...

Our storytelling ability, a uniquely human trait, has been with us nearly as long as we’ve been able to speak. Whether it evolved for a particular purpose or was simply an outgrowth of our explosion in cognitive development, story is an inextricable part of our DNA. Across time and across cultures, stories have proved their worth not just as works of art or entertaining asides, but as agents of personal transformation...

http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=6247
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Life on Earth likely started at least 4.1 billion years ago — much earlier than scientists had thought.
UCLA-led research team finds evidence that early Earth was not dry and desolate

"...The new research suggests that life existed prior to the massive bombardment of the inner solar system that formed the moon’s large craters 3.9 billion years ago....

Scientists had long believed the Earth was dry and desolate during that time period. Harrison’s research — including a 2008 study in Nature he co-authored with Craig Manning, a professor of geology and geochemistry at UCLA, and former UCLA graduate student Michelle Hopkins — is proving otherwise..."

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/l...-ago-much-earlier-than-scientists-had-thought
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[YESorNO]

New quiz for today:

Are You More Emotional Or Logical?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/anjalipatel/are-you-more-emotionally-or-logically-driven#.koZXvl2jV

I am: Logical

"You’re rational and analytical, and you prefer to carefully weigh each situation before jumping into it. As a communicator, you’re clear and concise, and you’re able to convey your thoughts and opinions with relative ease and precision. When it comes to reasoning skills, you are unmatched."

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[ILikeToBendPages]

1964 - Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets becomes a chart topper.

https//youtu.be/8B7xr_EjbzE

 

[YESorNO]

It seems no matter how many times you wash your hands and use Purell before you open a bathroom door and after you close the door and put the pieces of tp around the seat, holding back four squares and hoping it's enough, you wash your hands with antibacterial soap, and use purell again when you leave the bathroom, and walk twenty feet and do the purell hand jive again before you enter the er treatment room, it does no good when a small child sitting next to you in the waiting room unloads their taco bell at you feet. I am now taking Imodium and sucking on peppermints.

My nephew had an angioplasty this morning and is doing good. He may be able to come home in the morning. My sister is staying the night with him. Our mother died in October 1974 and when we were closing up her apartment I found him standing in her bedroom, and he asked me if he'd ever see her again. It broke my heart. He was her first grandchild. I'll be glad when October is over.

http://youtu.be/SV9d6g3bToU

So happy that your nephew is doing well

(children are germ factories :facepalm: )

 

[Spellbound]

I am not a fan of changing my clocks twice a year :sumo:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...FwQMyhZMFk4yAFqFQoTCPqJqIH76sgCFcwaPgodNyYNag

 

[YESorNO]

Round up the search party...

Bernina! Oh Bernina! Come out wherever you are!

SEARCHING

Link: http://roushservices.com/Image 1/searching.gif

Link: http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/Ass...bicycle_trails/People+and+Horses+on+Trail.jpg

Nope :thinking:

Link: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/tour...amous-saraha-desert-october-douz-47249081.jpg

Nope :thinking:

Link: https://bobcville.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/sas-08-costarica-08-ridinghorses-149.jpg?w=500&h=332

Nope :thinking:

Link: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O649kwr6bWo/UCH_1qD4_rI/AAAAAAAADiQ/llRCId8CTvo/s800/IMG_2780.jpg

Nope :thinking:

Link: http://cdn.lolcaption.com/wp-conten...ctures-horses-look-for-needle-in-haystack.jpg

:groucho:

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

Hope she's having a good time wherever she is.

 

[YESorNO]

Hi everyone, Happy Halloween weekend! Anyone want a lion killing dentist suit? It's only 140 grand!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...killing-lion-costume_55df6b20e4b0e7117ba94212

Disgusting, IMO

 

[YESorNO]

Knox is alive and feeling well as of 11:50 am today. The vet has been out and she is thrilled with his complete 180. I did not expect to be writing this at all and I am still in an euphoric disbelief. He is eating his pellet grain and we upped his Prednisolone to try and prevent any more of these horrific episodes.

You all have been through this with me before and have been so incredibly supportive. I think you all gathered that I will pull out all the stops and try everything before putting this horse down and why. Horses typically know their owners and develop a bond. Knox does not know me from Adam. He knows and loves my daughter as she is his person. He whinnies when he hears her voice in the barn and will race across a field to her when she calls him.

I don't know how to explain it, but this horse came into my life 5 years ago for a reason. He is my life long dream come true of owning such a spectacular horse that to this day still takes my breath away (in a good way). I had hoped that one day I would be able to get on him and ride him, which I realized long ago was never going to happen. And it doesn't matter.

The bonds we have with people and animals sometimes just can't be put into words. It transcends logic or tangibility or whatever the word is. I feel the same type of bond with so many of you here. To others, it probably makes no sense when we talk about our SB friends as if they are right in front of us or we saw each other that day. All I know is that I value all of you so very much and your kindnesses to me over the years have been many. I am so blessed to have had your support and caring through the. Good and the bad times. Thank you. Love you. Jingles.

Thank goodness :blowkiss:

 

[YESorNO]

I am not a fan of changing my clocks twice a year :sumo:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...FwQMyhZMFk4yAFqFQoTCPqJqIH76sgCFcwaPgodNyYNag

That is one of the problems with DST- animals don't look at clocks. I think DST is just ridiculous and I hate it

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Hmmm, Bernina - Olly olly oxen free - (quick everyone hide and we'll jump out and surprise her when she come in)


[video=youtu;HJaYbQ9nYfM]http://youtu.be/HJaYbQ9nYfM[/video]

 

[Niner]

Hey all!

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The bonds we have with people and animals sometimes just can't be put into words. It transcends logic or tangibility or whatever the word is. I feel the same type of bond with so many of you here. To others, it probably makes no sense when we talk about our SB friends as if they are right in front of us or we saw each other that day. All I know is that I value all of you so very much and your kindnesses to me over the years have been many. I am so blessed to have had your support and caring through the. Good and the bad times. Thank you. Love you. Jingles.

Oh so true, Zuri!

I too am thankful for all you guys here! To ALL you out there!

More JINGLES!!! to Knox!

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Orlando man on death row executed for 1985 murders

"RaIFORD — Though it took 30 years for Jerry Correll to receive his death sentence, the process to kill him took 10 minutes.

- 30 !!!! It was about time... I heard California is going to start up their death sentences with only one drug - don't ask which one, but I hope it gets approved... I believe therer about 700 plus waiting... :waiting:

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I'm sorry, but these women killed someone and should never have been released, IMO. I don't care that they "look like regular" people- they aren't; if they have killed, they are murderers- different than people who have not murdered another human being.

and TOTALLY agree with ya!!

are you

yet??!!

Bernina - must be out there

or helping the band set up

or just out there on a

!!

LOVE the searching YESorNO!!! :laughing:

Zoey -

and FEELING better SOON!!

Darn - Buzzfeed won't work for me... will try later on "Are you More emotional or Logical?" I think I'm more logical...

1964 - Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets becomes a chart topper.

Yep! Have that one too on my CD.

Long post! But I've been on here for the last 2 hours - reading here nline: and watching Rafa Nadal WIN!!!

and then Roger Federer...

also need to go grocery

and pick up my book at the library :book: it's the new "Scarpetti" series!!

Defintely feels like

here! About 77 here today!

okay - long enough post for now!

Later!

shoot :gaah: tried to "Go Advanced" and again won't let me post a picture....

edited to add - since it kicked me out - new posts were there. so...

That is one of the problems with DST- animals don't look at clocks. I think DST is just ridiculous and I hate it.

Ditto!!!

 

[zoey]

Knox is alive and feeling well as of 11:50 am today. The vet has been out and she is thrilled with his complete 180. I did not expect to be writing this at all and I am still in an euphoric disbelief. He is eating his pellet grain and we upped his Prednisolone to try and prevent any more of these horrific episodes.

You all have been through this with me before and have been so incredibly supportive. I think you all gathered that I will pull out all the stops and try everything before putting this horse down and why. Horses typically know their owners and develop a bond. Knox does not know me from Adam. He knows and loves my daughter as she is his person. He whinnies when he hears her voice in the barn and will race across a field to her when she calls him.

I don't know how to explain it, but this horse came into my life 5 years ago for a reason. He is my life long dream come true of owning such a spectacular horse that to this day still takes my breath away (in a good way). I had hoped that one day I would be able to get on him and ride him, which I realized long ago was never going to happen. And it doesn't matter.

The bonds we have with people and animals sometimes just can't be put into words. It transcends logic or tangibility or whatever the word is. I feel the same type of bond with so many of you here. To others, it probably makes no sense when we talk about our SB friends as if they are right in front of us or we saw each other that day. All I know is that I value all of you so very much and your kindnesses to me over the years have been many. I am so blessed to have had your support and caring through the. Good and the bad times. Thank you. Love you. Jingles.

By no means I don't mean to be morbid or a "Debbie Downer" but what is the average life expectancy for a horse? I'm thrilled he is doing better!!! I think animals can do so much for us....

 

[GigiG]

I just witnessed the true power of Jingles, prayer, love with my own eyes. Right in front of me over the course of 6 hours. I waited for DH to get home to drive me over to the barn. Knox was not doing well, was having to be given 5000 cc bags of fluid, 2 at a time and be sedated every 45 minutes. His left side was so distended with gas and he was in agony. I truly thought I was going to have to call my vet back in to put him down. His suffering was palpable and it filled the barn. At night, when everyone is gone from the barn, the horses sleep or munch hay and it is very quiet. All the horses were awake and looking out their stall doors, probably because there were 4 people holding watch over a horse that could die. The euthanasia medicine was there.

We reached the point of no return or so I thought. It was bad. I chose to treat him at the barn instead of NBC because I knew it was bad and I wanted him to die at home. My daughter did not stop touching that horse the entire time I was there. He was pacing in circles, very agitated, flank watching as he was in so much pain. I called the vet and told her I was going to stay there with Caroline until the end and I would call her when it was time. My DH went home at midnight and the groom, Roberto, stayed with me and Caroline.

I looked at my beautiful horse in the eye and with every ounce of sheer willpower I had, told him it was not his time to go. I just said please Live. I am not ready for you to go. You need to stay. I channeled you all here. I channeled every healing entity in the Universe, and for me personally, I prayed to God not to take my beloved horse as I watched my daughter weep.

We finished giving him the 30K cc of fluid, disconnected the IV, sedated him again and walked him for 2 hours. And right before my eyes, the distention dissipated. It went away. He perked up. His ears went forward and he followed my daughter around the indoor ring, slowly at first and then over time, normal pace. I saw his tail move ever so slightly so I knew he was passing gas as he walked which is what we desperately needed. He peed like a race horse every 5 minutes from all the fluid and I continued to watch this miracle unfold.

We put him back in his stall and he was rammy. He was looking for hay. I am like what??? So I told DD to give him a handful of hay. He ate it. The light was back in his eyes. The 3 of us were so shocked as he had been on death's door not an hour before.

I had reconciled to put him down if the drugs and fluids did not work. I listened to my daughter sob in my DH arms saying she didn't want him to die. With that said, the only intervention was going to be a Holy one. And it happened. He is not out of the woods yet, but when I left at 1:30 am, Knox was his 10 yo self, beautiful beyond words.

I tend not to put a lot of stock in miracles, yet I have seen them on occasion. Well tonight I witnessed one with my own eyes. Hopefully, he will make it until morning and the morning after that, and after that. This is a horse who has been at death's door now on 10 different occasions with colic. He has mini episodes periodically that go away with just medicine. But full blown colic? Most horses die or are put down to keep them from suffering.

This is the third time I have made the decision to let go and knew I was making the right choice. And yet his will to live, our will to help him live, and by the grace of God, he has pulled through. The groom will be checking him at 3 am so I am up for the long haul. His condition can still change on a dime. But in this moment, there is peace.

Thank you for being there in spirit and the prayers and Jingles. They came through tonight loud and clear. Love to all of you.

Zuri, what an amazing and uplifting account. He is truly a rare being. His will has been tested and proven over and over again. i am in awe of him, and of you for being so steadfast.

You must be exhausted after all you've been through. I can only imagine that this latest chapter has set you back a bit (after the adrenaline has worn off). But happy endings have a way of healing more than just those affected by the crisis. I know that all of us here shared in your sigh of relief. Knox obviously has some good karma, but also a lot of positive energy flowing his way.

Hope that by the time you read this you have gotten some rest and recuperated a bit...

 

[Zuri]

By no means I don't mean to be morbid or a "Debbie Downer" but what is the average life expectancy for a horse? I'm thrilled he is doing better!!! I think animals can do so much for us....

Horses can live to age 30 and you are not morbid lol. Horses used in sport typically are retired from competition around 15-16 years old, but can typically do lower level, less physically demanding Levels of sport. Broodmares are usually not bred after the age of 18 because of risk of death and complications.

Knox is 10 and if he can make it to 11 then 12 etc I will be happy. He is relatively young and had his first surgery at 6. Most warmbloods don't stop growing until age 6-7, unlike thoroughbreds and other breeds that grow more rapidly.

A friend of mine just put her 25 yo heart horse down due to colic a few weeks ago. He was the picture of health until the colic and was being ridden by her on a pretty regular basis. He didn't look 25 for sure.

 

[GigiG]

Knox is alive and feeling well as of 11:50 am today. The vet has been out and she is thrilled with his complete 180. I did not expect to be writing this at all and I am still in an euphoric disbelief. He is eating his pellet grain and we upped his Prednisolone to try and prevent any more of these horrific episodes.

You all have been through this with me before and have been so incredibly supportive. I think you all gathered that I will pull out all the stops and try everything before putting this horse down and why. Horses typically know their owners and develop a bond. Knox does not know me from Adam. He knows and loves my daughter as she is his person. He whinnies when he hears her voice in the barn and will race across a field to her when she calls him.

I don't know how to explain it, but this horse came into my life 5 years ago for a reason. He is my life long dream come true of owning such a spectacular horse that to this day still takes my breath away (in a good way). I had hoped that one day I would be able to get on him and ride him, which I realized long ago was never going to happen. And it doesn't matter.

The bonds we have with people and animals sometimes just can't be put into words. It transcends logic or tangibility or whatever the word is. I feel the same type of bond with so many of you here. To others, it probably makes no sense when we talk about our SB friends as if they are right in front of us or we saw each other that day. All I know is that I value all of you so very much and your kindnesses to me over the years have been many. I am so blessed to have had your support and caring through the. Good and the bad times. Thank you. Love you. Jingles.

You know, there's a reason those of us here have stuck around. You struck to the heart of it. We care about each other and support one another.

So glad you shared with us and so glad we were here to support you. Even if it's just a psychological thing, it still works!

 

[Zuri]

Zuri, what an amazing and uplifting account. He is truly a rare being. His will has been tested and proven over and over again. i am in awe of him, and of you for being so steadfast.

You must be exhausted after all you've been through. I can only imagine that this latest chapter has set you back a bit (after the adrenaline has worn off). But happy endings have a way of healing more than just those affected by the crisis. I know that all of us here shared in your sigh of relief. Knox obviously has some good karma, but also a lot of positive energy flowing his way.

Hope that by the time you read this you have gotten some rest and recuperated a bit...

I stress dosed with extra Prednisone yesterday afternoon, knowing I was going to have to think, talk and make decisions that evening. Since my adrenal system is shot, I have to rely on some amount of cortisol from external prednisone. I was still buzzing at 3:00 am, like I was in the hospital. In any time of stress, one can chew through their cortisol pretty fast, but healthy people have enough stored and can make it fast. I just come up empty with no words, confusion, no memory, faulty processing, unclear thinking when I run out. Better living through chemistry I say.

Let's just say I didn't go out today and I didn't dare drive. My DD went to check on Knox and said he looked great! Now at this moment, both DD and DH are sick with sinus symptoms, fever, aches, chills. So they are banned from my presence lol.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

1970 - Fire and Rain - James Taylor makes to the top of the charts.


[video=youtu;JOIo4lEpsPY]http://youtu.be/JOIo4lEpsPY[/video]

 

[Zuri]

There is a nationally known artist named Shawn Faust who is local to me. He painted Barbaro in 2008 for the Jacksons, making many trips up to New Bolton to take pictures and study him to capture his essence. The Jacksons allowed him to make prints from the original and I purchased one which he framed for me. He dropped the giclee print by my husband's office this afternoon. OMG!!!! Is this horse not gorgeous!!!

I have long admired Shawn's work and have dreamed of having a commissioned portrait of Knox done by him. My husband told Shawn about Knox's close brush with death, yet again, and asked Shawn to paint Knox. For me. An original. For me.

Shawn's work is in demand and he is generally 6-8 months out, but now knowing how precarious Knox's health is, he is going to go to the barn and take pictures next week. So whether Knox is alive next month or next year, I will have him immortalized like the brilliant Barbaro is here should things work out. How incredible is this!

I am speechless. Even with Prednisone.