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Hot Shot and Champ.

I got to ride Hot Shot on the lunge line for a few minutes this morning. Unbelievable. I have to take it easy because I'm not super stable, but, wow, I could feel him feeling me, you know, immediately responding to the touch of a leg or an opening of my seat. He seems to appreciate a soft touch - he took good care of me. A memory-book morning.

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snippets, 4-5-2017

Berkeley's 'Hate Man' spread a message of love (The Guardian). "Maybe I'm a lot like Jesus. But I give out cigarettes instead of miracles." Rest in peace, sir.

I've been thinking lately about how some people (cough cough) might wear their kindness and gentleness as a shield. The solution, seems to me, isn't to go the opposite route and start being mean, but instead it's to let the shield down, be a little vulnerable, and allow people to be as kind to you as you're willing to be to them.

(Truth be told, a horse taught me that.)

Kinda sorta related: Activists with homes who sleep on the street (The Guardian). Compassion, or "spiritual voyeurism"? (Gutsy, either way - these guys may not be "all in" like Hate Man, but jail cells and court dates are daunting too.)

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Lady, Hot Shot, Champ and Leda.

I got to ride Leda today with a bitless bridle and a bareback pad. Leda rocks.