Eros & Equus
a passion for the horse

With photographs by Donna DeMari.

Why does it seem we never tire of good horse stories? Perhaps it is because they connect us to something deeper and more meaningful. Read more...

Lupus Novice: toward self-healing

This "exceptional patient," as Dr. Bernie Siegel describes Chester, reverses the expectations of current medical opinion… This intimate self-portrait is not only a personal mythology but a story of transformation. Read more...

Video: The Author's Road, Interview

Laura Chester: Writer, Editor, Poet

Riding Barranca: finding freedom and forgiveness on the midlife trail

Riding with Laura is pure pleasure. In a fleeting one-year journal, skilled horsewoman, Laura Chester, brings us into her world, where we deeply connect with the earth and its seasons, with beauty and sometimes danger. Read more...

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• Non-Fiction
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Children's Books

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Holy Personal

Laura Chester documents the American landscape as well as the American soul. In New England she visits a root cellar chapel and one converted from a garage. She discovers an American stavkirke in Door County, Wisconsin, a Mother Goddess altar in San Francisco, and a straw-bale milagro chapel in Arizona. Read more...

Rancho Weirdo

Life on the U.S./Mexican border presents a clash of cultures and expectations that is explored with insight and dark humor in Laura Chester’s new collection of short stories, Rancho Weirdo (Bootstrap Press). Read more...

With hilarious quirky drawings by Haeri Yoo.

Prose Poems
Works in Progress

Video: Riding Barranca

Heartbeat For Horses

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