Ah, a horse after my own heart.
Be sure to watch the video - Pete is as entertaining as Peggy, though I can't understand a word he is saying!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/t
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chronarchy .I love books. I love to read. I love the smell of a bookstore. I love the feel of books in my hands. One of my favorite things to be doing is reading a good book. Some people escape in drugs, alcohol, food, video games, sex, shopping; my escape is reading. During the darkest times of my childhood, books gave me respite and solace. They have done the same during my adult life. There have been times in my adult life so far when I have disengaged from the world because it was too painful for me and during those times, I read, for hours and hours. There are three female characters that helped me to rebuild myself and my life. To an outside observer, it may have seemed I was "wasting" so much of my life reading instead of living. But the reality is, the heroines in my favorite books enabled me to rebuild myself and my life so I could re-engage.
There are three characters from my favorite books that I love dearly and hold a most esteemed place of honor in my heart. These characters are:
Ayla from Jean Auels Earth's Children series
Claire from Jane Gabaldon's Outlander series
Phedre from Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy
Each character is like a best friend and has aided me immensely in the past 12 years. Each character has helped me to own my strength and intelligence as a woman. Ayla aided me in my mid-twenties, Claire in my late twenties and Phedre currently in my early thirties. When I come to a hard decision or a painful experience, I ask "What advice would she give me? What would she do in this situation?".
In their own way, each would give an answer that , in essence, would say: "Be authentic. Never compromise. Expect the highest from those you love, and always give the same in return."
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My Beautiful friend and trainer Tasha and Ayla getting ready to be groomed and saddled up to ride! (dates on pics are wrong - all pics taken tonight 9/10/08)
Pics above show Ayla's new saddle and bridle. I LOVE this new gear! The saddle is much more comfortable for both Ayla and me and it allows for so much more leg communication than my Australian saddle. It is a Stubben all purpose saddle so it is good for basic equation to dressage to hunter-jumper. It is SO comforable without being restrictive for horse or rider. I think it is much easier on Ayla's back as well. Her new bridle is equally as fabulous. The extra chin strap prevents Ayla from biting onto the bit and running off with me/Tasha. She didn't used to do this often, but when she was in a paricularly pissy mood, she would do this and this can make for a dangerous situation as well irritate the rider. The new bridle is also allowing for Tasha and I to work on getting Ayla to bend/tuck - she is coming along Beautifully! I am going to try and get some pics of her with a full tuck on - she is BEAUTIFUL when she is fully tucked and in an extended trott. Ayla has a very strong, smooth left canter, but has been picking up the wrong lead consistently on her right side due to underdeveloped muscles on her this side. But tonight I got her to pick up the right lead and stay in the canter for 5 full minutes! Of course I got two full bucks and a flying lead to start out with, but she did it!!!
Side note - don't know why, but lj won't let me post any of my journals to public since I changed a few of them to friends only - I don't know why this is, anyone know?
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I had a dream last night - it was a long dream. The weird thing is, in the entire dream, I was petting llamas. Two llamas, to be exact. They were lying on a picnic table and I was loving on them, talking to them. That's it. Anyone know anything about what llamas represent? I am perplexed.
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Dostoevsky
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Choose Something Like a Star -- Robert Frost
O Star (the fairest one in sight),
We grant your loftiness the right
To some obscurity of cloud --
It will not do to say of night,
Since dark is what brings out your light.
Some mystery becomes the proud.
But to be wholly taciturn
In your reserve is not allowed.
Say something to us we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat.
Say something! And it says "I burn."
But say with what degree of heat.
Talk Fahrenheit, talk Centigrade.
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats' Eremite,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.
Of the many dreams I had last night, one sticks out in my head. It was a "one liner" dream. The entire dream consisted of someone (I don't know who, nor can I remember their face) saying to me "you are becoming neurotic".
Ummmmmm, yea.................
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Nourishing Your Ideas
Capricorn Daily Horoscope
"Your plans may be thwarted today, which might make it seem as if you are experiencing a creative block. Even though it could appear that your efforts are all for naught, perhaps you might reframe your thoughts about your creative energy. Instead of thinking in terms of being blocked, you can view your situation as the universe giving you a needed rest in which subconsciously you are nourishing all of your ideas so that they will grow into much more than you could have imagined. If today you can keep in mind that sometimes it is healthy for you to simply let go and release your need to have everything go your way, the change in your plans may actually lead you to discover even more innovative and imaginative ideas.
There are times when our minds need to rest in order to flourish. Although it is frustrating to feel that we are unable to get our ideas across or that whatever we want to do isn’t going our way, remembering that everything in life is a process gives us permission to let go of our need for perfection. Allowing ourselves to use this time to rejuvenate our minds will ultimately lead us to something we might not have thought of before—putting things on our back burner creates a rich and abundant stew of innovation. By releasing your notions of what should be today, you will discover that what will come will be beyond your wildest dreams."
That'll do, I think.
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LEBANON, Ind. (AP) -- A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a central Indiana cemetery.
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*dances a little jig*
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How To Plant Your Garden
First, you Come to the garden alone,
while the dew is still on the roses....
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3 Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
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C'mon, you got it all wrong, man
And if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
If you think holding hands is all in the fingers
Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and
Make sure to never do it with a singer
Cause they'll tell everyone in the world
But he was thinking about the girl
Yeah, but he's thinking about the girl, oh
A lot of people get confused and they bruise
Real easy when it comes to love
They start putting on their shoes and walking out
And singing "boy, I think I had enough"
Just because she makes a big rumpus
She don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy
Take a tip and do yourself a little service
Take a mountain turn it into a mole
Just by playing a different role
Yeah, by playing a different role, oh
The boat yeah you know she's rockin' it
And the truth well you know there's no stoppin' it
The boat yeah you know she's still rockin' it
The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it
So what, somebody left you in a rut
And wants to be the one who's in control
But the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder
How the hell she could be so cold
So now you're left, denying the truth
And it's getting in the wisdom in the back of your tooth
You need ta spit it out, in a telephone booth
While you call everyone that you know, and ask 'em
Where do you think she goes
Oh yeah, where d'ya suppose she goes, oh
The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it
And the boat well you know she's still rockin' it
The boat well you know she's still rockin' it
And the truth yeah you know there's no stoppin' it
You recognize with your back in the back?
That it's colder when she rocks the boat
But it's the cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws?
'bout the proper place to hang her coat
So to you, the truth is still hidden
And the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but
You should know that the doctors weren't kidding
She's been singing it all along
But you were hearin' a different song
Ya you were hearin' a different song
But you were hearin' a different song
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So grateful I have friends that love me to give me hugs and cherry Klondike bars and that I have animal companions who help me to heal with their loving energy.
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sad
sillyMy blood type is A+, the overachiever in me appreciates that! *grins*
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Developing a relationship with Venus has made my life so much more rich, complex and wonderful. The more I get to know her and the more she shares with me, the more in awe I am of her. I am so grateful and also amazed that a Goddess would want to spend time with little old me and shower me with her energy and wisdom. It really is a magnificent thing that Deities will and actually want to develop relationships with us. I can't imagine my life without her.
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