enlightened horsemanship through touch

An article entitled, the Neigh-Neigh Sisterhood in Natural History magazine explains how female friendships help wild mares cope.

Writer Stephan Reebs says,

Wild mares that form strong social bonds with other mares produce more foals than those that don’t, researchers have found, in what may be the first documented link between “friendship” and reproductive success outside of primates.

I’m going on vacation!

Yes, from the flawless climes of winter Hawaii to the dreary winter of Virginia. To my beloved daughter and Dixie friends.

And get this: I’m not taking my computer with me! This is going to be an interesting experiment. I look forward to reporting on what it’s like for an internet junkie to go cold turkey!

Most readers and passers-by have no idea how to categorize this blog. It doesn’t quite fit into the traditional horse blog. It isn’t loaded with handy “how to”s or stories of what my horse did at the barn today, or what I have learned from my lessons on the reinback. Just what is this blog about? What could you possibly say about EHTT?

Well, thanks to Jane from the Literary Horse, I have finally figured out what people can say about it: It’s pretty! Though technically still under construction, I am glad to say the major tear down is over. Thanks to those who suffered through and stuck with it. To those of you who decamped during the disaster, at least according to Jane, a visit is warranted, provided you wear a safety helmet.

Anna Wise, one of the first scientists to understand that science and spirituality can address the same concepts, and who developed the EEG technology to measure and describe the brainwave patterns that occur during meditation and intense, pure focus, has died.

I know that Anna is now everywhere, and no longer limited by her body. May her brilliant, awakened mind gather and return again to further enlighten mankind.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

–Victor Frankl

The ability to remain mindful, to hold that space Frankl speaks of is a great gift. To greet it without compulsion, habit or knee-jerk reactions is to face what comes as honestly as possible.

“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
— Tom Stoppard

And you just want to shop, or even window shop, there’s a site for you. And they’ve done all the work of weeding out the useless stuff to present only the coolest things.

I found this video over at Fran Jurga’s Hoof Blog. I went all the way through her post, the video and to the site before I finally understood that the boots are real. No kidding.

You’ve seen the commercials about that guy who runs his entire shoe company from his cellphone? I still can’t figure out how he does that. I din’t think anyone over the age of 40 can use a tiny device to manage everything. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe the cutoff is 30. That guy is Tom from Tom’s Shoes.

We are fresh out of hosts! I know everyone is super busy, but come on! All you have to do is post the code I send you. Piece of cake!
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One of the best things about blogging is the community of friends and mutual commenters we have going. It’s the only way to see what’s going on out there other than random clicking, and who has time for that? If you went away because you were tired of being clobbered over the head with a recent cause, It’s OVER. Come back. I’ve missed you. That’s not to say that I don’t already adore my new readers. I do. Adore you. Welcome. Speak out when it moves you.

A recap of thoughts this month.

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