Anna Blake's Blog – July 2015 Archive (5)

Helmets, Gravity, and Human Superiority.

August 1st is International Helmet Awareness Day. It’s the day Riders4Helmets started, in the wake of US Olympian Courtney King-Dye’s traumatic brain injury, to raise awareness and promote equestrian…

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Added by Anna Blake on July 31, 2015 at 9:30am — No Comments

Behavior, Personality, and Anxiety.

Can you tell the difference between personality, who a horse is, and behavior, what a horse does?

With people it can be a bit easier because we are used to separating the two. We’re taught to “hate the sin and love the sinner.” Most of us know someone who is kind and funny,…

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Added by Anna Blake on July 24, 2015 at 8:53am — No Comments

Consistency: Doing Math in the Saddle.

Consistency is a great aid but do you know how it actually works? There’s an analogy I heard decades ago that has stuck with me. It involves bank accounts. You’re right; never listen to me about money, but it’s not that kind of bank account.…

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Added by Anna Blake on July 17, 2015 at 9:37am — No Comments

Wake-up Call from Mother Nature. For the Millionth Time.

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I haven’t missed a blog posting in over five and a half years, and I won’t now, but this one will be different.

In case you can’t tell, I love this little farm. I didn’t end up here because it was my first choice. It was more a process of elimination. My life came apart and coming…

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Added by Anna Blake on July 10, 2015 at 12:36pm — No Comments

The Thing About Horses and Healing: a Memoir.

We see them from the road and use phones to take photos. We keep a legal distance but most of us have seen neglected horses and reported…

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Added by Anna Blake on July 3, 2015 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

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