by Mary | Oct 30, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
All the bruises have faded to yellow. The scrapes and cuts have healed. The idea of swinging into a saddle no longer makes me shudder. Several people have asked, “Was it worth it? Did you learn anything?” The answer is not just yes. It’s hell, yes....
by Mary | Oct 23, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
… when a gentleman dressed as Doc Holliday or Wyatt Earp stops by to chat at my book table, it is a thrill. Yesterday, I spent seven hours in the bookstore and gift shop at the O.K. Corral, while hundreds of people shuffled through, buying souvenirs and tickets...
by Mary | Oct 21, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
You have to be mounted and tossed off, for it to count as being thrown. I had my left boot in the stirrup and was on my way into the saddle when the horse started to spin away from me. When I hit the ground, it was just plain falling. And I fell in the best possible...
by Mary | Oct 20, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
Remember that line from Dances With Wolves? Kevin Costner and a teamster come across a skeleton and the teamster says, “Somewhere back east, his sister is wondering, Why don’t he write?” I’m not dead, but I’ll put it this way: 1500+...
by Mary | Oct 18, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
We did 12 miles. Appalling terrain. Shattered mountains –like riding over broken bricks for hours. BIG thank you to Abby, who loaned me the chaps. I’d have been shredded without them. As it is, I am sore, swollen, and seriously questioning the wisdom of...
by Mary | Oct 17, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
It was only 5 miles, an easy beginning while we got used to our horses and they got used to us. We rode through some high desert chapparal (see Carey Granger’s comment on the last post for a definition) and then through the set for Tombstone and several other...
