R.T. Fitch’s life has been anything but ordinary. Straight out of high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force Band during the Vietnam era, and while stationed in Hawaii, he spent weekends at Sea Life Park training penguins, sea lions, and whales. His path through life has taken many unexpected turns—including more than a few lessons in love—until meeting his wife, Terry, brought a lasting partnership and a shared passion for animals.
Over the course of his adult career, R.T. worked internationally in multiple countries, gaining a broad, global perspective that colors both his worldview and his writing. Now rooted in Texas, he and Terry live on a small farm surrounded by four-legged companions with paws, claws, and hooves. Together, they have devoted years to equine rescue and wild horse protection.
An ordained volunteer chaplain and professional Santa Claus for a local historical society—with Terry by his side as Mrs. Claus—R.T. brings warmth, wisdom, and joy to every season. His work reflects a life of service, wonder, and connection to both people and animals.
He is the author of Straight from the Horse’s Heart, a moving collection of true rescue stories and spiritual reflections, and Fangs of Light, a supernatural tale steeped in symbolic and metaphorical storytelling. The first in a planned trilogy, Fangs of Light blends myth and mystery to explore themes of identity, redemption, and the power of empathy—offering readers not only suspense and intrigue but a deeper look at the light and shadow within us all.
Submitted and written by William E. Simpson II Happy New Year! But Sadly, we’re starting the year with a horrific mid-winter incinerating wildfire in Boulder County Colorado and that unfolding disaster. Given this disaster and the suffering, is it reasonable to ask that you to take 10-minutes […]
by R.T. Fitch Are you tired of being told that you are not good enough, you are not thin enough, your goals are not expansive enough, so you need to make a fresh start in the “New” Year? I AM! What does a number on a calendar have […]
by William E. Simpson II Jonathan Franklin began a report with this: “More than 30,000 residents across three communities outside Denver were forced to evacuate Thursday afternoon after wildfires fueled by strong winds and downed power lines rapidly grew across the area. Authorities say hundreds of homes and […]
by William Simpson II Wild horse advocate Staci-lee Sherwood has a new article about wild horses just out at the Pagosa Daily Post in Colorado. Sherwood’s new fact-based article is helping to raise the awareness of the damage being levied upon wild horses at the hands of […]
by R.T. Fitch It was the dark early morning of December 26th, 2021, the morning after Christmas. I looked around my home office and my spirits sank; strewn about were the remnants of a magical life I had been so totally immersed in that it almost blocked out […]
By: William E. Simpson II After more than 30-years of advocacy-activist work and more than $100-million spent in donation dollars by the gold-plated donation-funded non-profit wild horse activist organizations, native species American wild horses and burros are worse off than ever before. Wild horses are now circling the […]
By: William E. Simpson II American wild horses are a native species, wildlife in North America, and are keystone herbivores that are critically important to North American ecosystems. The ongoing failure in establishing a sustainable conservation management plan for American wild horses that is both economically and ecologically […]
By: William E. Simpson II The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) have for the past several decades used fake science, obfuscation and misrepresentation to marginalize the value of American wild horses as a part of our natural ecosystems, where they provide […]
Please view and share. There IS a way to save our horses before we lose them all. Did you know that wild horses can help prevent wildfires ? They can and this is something we need to put in place as fires in the west have become more […]
by Erik Molvar – Charlotte Roe The global COP26 agreement opened a few new doors for addressing climate change, but the omissions speak volumes. Collective commitments to reduce CO2 emissions and to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius by 2030 went missing. The pledge to phase out coal production […]
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