I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.

Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.

But without a reader, a story is only half complete. It's like blueprints that never get built; like a swimming pool without water. The foundation's there, but it's useless. Without a reader, the words just sit on the page, waiting to come alive in someone's imagination.

My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

A lot of horses have become resistant to the virus and the owners have improved their vaccinating habits.

OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.