by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 9, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
You know the characters I described in the last chapter? Yup, I’ve been each of them. How about you? There are more types, of course, but I think you get the picture.So how do we recognize when we’re playing a part, and that there can be something else here, something...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 2, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
What’s the link between women and horses? I’m intentionally leaving men out right now, as there’s a quality in the connection between a woman and a horse that bears investigating. It’s there; undeniable, with roots buried deep in the unconscious of our culture. Like...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 26, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
1971 Fairfax, VA, 7 years oldI didn’t know why ponies were angry. I just knew that they were. I loved them anyway. And they dumped me off almost every week. Jumping was a fancy way of saying ‘falling off’. Until Chipper. He wanted to jump. The gray Connemara pony...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 19, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
The ground slammed into my face; grit in my teeth, glasses flying. I wasn’t surprised at the impact. I’m the one who dove off the mare, just before she threw herself down, trying to dislodge me. The earth shook behind me as her body missed mine. Adrenaline still...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 12, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
Horses are honest; beautifully so.I, on the other hand, often am not. Not with myself. Not with other people, and not with horses.It’s not that I’m a pathological liar. I tell the truths that I see, and own what I recognize; it’s just that sometimes it can be hard to...
