This community exists for two reasons The first is to provide a private library of resources for students on Horses Connect accredited courses. The second is to open the world of equine assisted work for anyone interested in learning more. 😊 If you’re in the first category, you should have everything you need in the Classroom - if not, please ask! For the rest of you, what would you like to know? Tell me what want, what you really, really want from this community 😍

Today is the day the world celebrates what it means to be Irish. Putting aside the facts that St Patrick wasn’t actually Irish, and that this day has descended into International Drink Yourself Stupid Day, there is a lot to be said for being Irish - ethnically or spiritually 😊 We’re kind, generous and friendly - to a fault sometimes.😊 We don’t take compliments well and have a natural inclination towards misery 🤣 We’re creative, innovative and intuitive. It always amuses me how much effort and thought we put into these ‘days’ that we’ve invented. Animals and nature don’t care about any of it! We’re busy with green beer and plastic shamrocks and face paint but they’re busy just being 😊

I was listening to a chat on the radio about hair. The women being interviewed had created a range of products to help women eliminate ‘bad hair days’. She said that the state of a woman’s hair can have a negative impact on her life. Now, I’ve had family members and friends who have lost their hair during illness so I am deeply aware of the impact that causes. But can a ‘bad hair day’ damage your mental health? Can a good hair day’ make you happier? I’m genuinely curious about this. I have hair. It gets washed and brushed and cut as necessary, but it has never affected my mood in any way. So I’m wondering, does your hair matter enough to be able to dictate how your day goes? I’m with horses and dogs and other creatures - oblivious 😜

I love Full Moons 😊 It was too cloudy to capture the Blood Moon in all its glory earlier in the week, but this was the view from my back door last night 😊 The phone camera really doesn’t do justice to how spectacular it was 😊 Did you get any moon shots?

In the past few days, I’ve been speaking to two people under very different circumstances – one online and one in person – who told me that they don’t like horses! Both had been physically hurt by a horse many years ago, and that experience turned them off from ever coming close to one again - forever. I’ve been involved with horses for well over 50 years. In that time, I’ve been bucked off, walked on, kicked, bitten, and knocked over. At separate times, I’ve broken a few bones, needed stitches and clocked up more bruises than I could ever count. And yet, it never crossed my mind to not like horses. The Paralympic Games are underway at the moment, and I will be watching the Equestrian. It amazed me last time to learn how many of the riders used to be able-bodied until an accident off a horse changed their lives. So, my question is, how do we explain that to the people who told me they don’t like horses because they were hurt once? What is it about horses that keeps drawing us back? Are horse people just a different breed or is there something addictive about horses? Can you define it?