N is for Not Again. If you are joining me from Blogging A To Z, welcome! Since the blog is already daily, with topics for each day [About: Schedule], there is no specific A To Z theme. I may even skip a few letters. Gasp. Clutch the pearls. The goal for this year is less crazy, more visiting. [Ze State of Ze Blog 2014]
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As the confidence increases, so does the back talk. Remember when Rodney mutinied going up the hill [Rodney’s Hillwork]? and then about standing [Rodney Channels]? The rot has spread to the ring.
I got on. We started walking. Rodney became fascinated with a stand of trees at the edge of the pasture.
(Dramatic Reenactment)
I booted him in the side and told him to keep his eyes in the boat.
This is huge.
We were having a conversation under saddle. Okay, the conversation concerned what a brat Rodney was being, but one must to start somewhere. He wasn’t putting his hooves over his ears and waiting for the world to stop bothering him.
I say “not again,” but really I’m tickled. I can cope with attitude much better than with a fragile flower.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Update: One reader said that the annoyed came thru more clearly than the tickled in this post. I was annoyed. Rodney was being a twit. He was being a bog-standard, work-avoiding, exasperating horse. The fact that we had reached a level of normality where I COULD get after him for being annoying, THAT has me tickled.
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I happen to love a little attitude – and yes, much better than the alternative. Yeah for you!!!
Oh dear. At least he’s providing material for the blog. 😉
Cait @ Click’s Clan
Yes, they may be frustrating, but they are rarely boring.
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