Getting back into One Day at a Time is nothing like getting into a warm, welcoming bath (I'd say another Al-Anon day-by-day book, Courage to Change, is more like that). Nope, this is more like sitting down with a friend who is all about the tough love. They have your best at heart but are …
The Crop Chronicles: The Amazing and Magical Stick of Wonder
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that stick was so manky! *** 28 February, 2008 We were walking the horses round and round prior to starting Tuesday's hour. Reb had been chowing down before the lesson, the first of his day, and I reckoned it could go either way: grumpy from having been taken away from his hay, or fizzy …
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Dare I Put The Long Boots Back On?
Yesterday's post required I dig around the Riding Clothes Chair for the crops I knew lived in that corner. While I was there, it occurred to me to see did I still have the light blue bandana I used to wear, soI could turn it into a No-Sew Pleated Face Mask; as I was digging …
The Crop Chronicles: Ohmmmmmmm
Ooh! A bit of this landed in the book, that's a nice surprise... *** I didn't realise something was going on until we started jumping. It had all the hallmarks of being a really good hour: only three of us in the ride, I had Rebel, personally bridled by me, the going was a teeny …
The Crop Chronicles: Fallen Soldier
I actually remember this like it was last week when it was still okay to go up the yard... (Also, this was little over a year in to my horseriding career, and I didn't realise that you could pick crops off the ground like so many daisies...) *** TUESDAY, 2 OCTOBER, 2007 The fallen soldier …
The Wisdom To Know The Difference
The yard is closed, as is only correct. It's a challenge not to feel > I was going to qualify that, but yeah: it's a challenge not to feel, and as much as I'd like not to feel, if I don't, it's only going to go worse for me. Even though I had gotten myself …
There’s Always a First Time
Ah, Saturday. I have missed many a lesson, by choice and due to injury, and now, due to global pandemic. #StayHome and read about my very first horseback riding lesson. It's the very first thing I ever wrote about my experience, well before Many Brave Fools was even a glimmer in my eye. It's also …
The Crop Chronicles: Failure To Communicate
It is fair to say I was obsessed with crops when I started riding. It is fair to say I am still losing and gaining long sticks fourteen years on. Below please find the first repost of the series known [only to me] as The Crop Chronicles. OCTOBER 18, 2006 I am reminded of the …
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‘The Power To Change Our Own Lives’
How in the world did I survive One Day At A Time In Al-Anon? Insert craughing emoji here. The page for today talks about acceptance, insofar it does not mean accepting a 'degrading situation' but rather accepting what the facts of the situation are, and making decisions according to the facts. Hahahahaha, facts: facts could …
Today’s ODAT Reading: Oof.
Oh man. That little blue book absolutely does not pull any punches. Without a breath of hesitation, I shot straight back into victim mode as I read it. It's about silence, and how the Al-Anon partner often uses it as a tool of spite. Hang on, I thought, as I read the text, cautioning the …
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 