by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 29, 2014 | Equestrianship, Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Politics, Style, World Views
Having a little fun the other day, doing a photo shoot with camera-savvy Abigail and patient black steed Jubilee. What better book to read in the countryside while bareback riding than Wilhelm Röpke’s A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 22, 2014 | Literary Projects, Politics, The Crusading Chemist
Oh yes, another one of my back burner projects that has received a bit more attention as of late. See the amateurish poster I made for my screenplay The Crusading Chemist several years ago? Perhaps only one face in that collage is familiar to most, but you can learn...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 11, 2014 | Journal, Politics, Reminiscences, The Washington Times Communities
“…My childhood journal entry from September 11th, 2001 shows what a difference twenty-four hours can make: ‘When I awoke in the morning, it was true. The World Trade Center towers had been attacked by hijacked planes. The Pentagon had been attacked...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 31, 2014 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
When I was about four years of age, my family and I visited Gulf Shores, Alabama with relatives. I was at a stage of my life in which my fascination was switching from the science of human blood to horses. I decided I wanted a beautiful equine of my own, and I wanted...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 14, 2014 | In Otherwords, Style
Bureaucratizing beauty is not likely a way to safeguard it, however good it may be for companies to be honest with consumers about what they are serving them. I’m quite a ModCloth styliste, even choosing them as the source of wardrobe for actresses in my Romans...
