Since you’ve asked...

The name of our farm, Triskelion (Tris-kel’-yun), is the symbol of the Manx national flag and the motto is that of the Isle of Man. As many of you know, Tom was born there. The son of a dashing Royal Navy Officer and a vivacious, curly-haired Manx girl, young Tom spent his formative years in Douglas (the capital), sloshing through tide pools, watching pond yachts, getting shot by arrows and losing his shoes in the mud.
Tom later moved to England, where he spent the remainder of his childhood and most of his adulthood, before meeting Jorg and moving to America (for a second childhood, Jorg occasionally swears) .

When it came time to give our Burkeville farm a name, we opted for Triskelion, as the motto reflects our stubborn optimism that no matter what life throws at us, we’ll be okay. It also speaks to the resilience of the White Bird horses, who have been through so much, and who, whichever way they’ve been thrown, still stand.