A stable nun begins her search for the Faithful and True henceforth, literarily. We stride and write for Him as our Trainer, for we have need of the one who could find the unbroken young colt and of an ass and ride him triumphantly into the Holy City. Hosanna and praise unto Him!

What kind of a Higher Power gifts a bipolar patient with a racehorse named Splendid High? The very One whose wit shines through my life and on April Fool’s Day quipped through a dry-witted vet, that he is a “treat-seeking missile.” And so he is, this Mel who is a Splendid High always.