Academic Development Advisor Natural horsewomanship & Centered Riding Level 1 English tutor Singer & Fiddle player Bookworm Dog owner PhD in progress "Have Courage, Be Kind." - Cinderella https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lo5bb4hje22xWent to see @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social show 'Joy' this evening and it was amazing! Worth it. I really want to go and write a sestina about brick walls now, so I'll get a spreadsheet out and might have to make my own diagram 😅. #iykyk #poetry01 May 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo5bb4hje22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnpj2vedxs26Storm on the island by Seamus Heaney “…Leaves and branches Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale So that you listen to the thing you fear Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”26 Apr 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpj2vedxs26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnpiis667s26Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South: “loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”26 Apr 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpiis667s26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnnmnxzgok24Or buy anything of Amazon at all. I haven't bought anything from amazon in over 2 years, and I'm still alive! 😱 It's easy peasy lemony squeezy :-) the independent shops will thank you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnmnxzgok24https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnnmh5uc7226In times of crisis, personal or more broadly, I often turn to poetry and stories. Sometimes contemporary, a classic, or sometimes I'll write one. Today I'm thinking of Vultures by Chinua Achebe, and John Donne's 'No man is an Island' (1/4)25 Apr 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnmh5uc7226https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnfl5rsk4c2pNot sure what infuriates me more, the title or what he said. I can now define myself legally thanks to some white guys, really needed that. EDI out the window and worse than before. When are we defining men? I have some ideas ;) Can we have a separate one for ignorant CIS white middleclass men? :-) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/22/supreme-court-single-sex-provision-bridget-phillipson-uk-politics-latest-updates-news22 Apr 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfl5rsk4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lndudp3mls2rWhen I look at the Blue Sky app I think of #Hanson’s song blue sky: “tell me why everybody’s looking for a blue sky, searching for an answer on a satellite. I know that there’s got to be a blue sky out there to see, a blue sky waiting for me.”🎶 do you ever see a word and a song pops into your head?21 Apr 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndudp3mls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lndmchwdpc2cOften in #horse world I hear people say “they’ve got to learn” or a variation… I wonder: what do you need to learn (from the horse), for the horse to be able to learn? Why do they need to learn? What is our behaviour and what’s it causing the horse to do? How can we be clearer & kinder?21 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndmchwdpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnbm64fqb225A beautiful little Peanut hoof. Shoeing is for our convenience not theirs, so the fluffs (Peanut and Gin) are #metalfree: #barefoot and #bitless. Peanut suffered from severe laminitis and slipper-feet. With a species appropriate diet, more movement and good trimming, his feet now look like this 😎20 Apr 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbm64fqb225https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnblvbqkx225Easter Sunday walks with the gang. #shetlandpony #quarab #familywalks #ponyadventures Did you know… it’s a privilege to ride a horse, not a right. there is so much joy to be found in walking together and just being ❤️.20 Apr 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnblvbqkx225https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lnblhbbvbc25She’s just so sweet! #cockapoo #dogsonbluesky20 Apr 2025 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnblhbbvbc25https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ln4jig6ssk2xDoes anyone else find supermarket shops totally overwhelming? Buying ethically and actual responsibly caught fish is impossible - even the expensive brands are often 'either line caught or trawler.' I get a veg box weekly & just go in for the protein but where's the soya from? And beans? #Ican'teven18 Apr 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4jig6ssk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ln3i4wwlpc27Peanut and I made a fluff pony #shetlandponies #sheddingseason #summercoat18 Apr 2025 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3i4wwlpc27https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ln3ghlg4lk2vToday's song to keep the spirits up. There's a lot of compassion and love out there - hold on and find the people who colour up your world, and be the one to colour up someone else's world too. You're awesome. x https://open.spotify.com/track/2ce4hxRbLO0LMkD4jXGA7b?si=9050f40f50614b8218 Apr 2025 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3ghlg4lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lmyuaiydvs26Current read is North and South- have you read it? Thoughts? What’s your current read? #elizabethgaskell #northandsouth17 Apr 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyuaiydvs26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3lmyu2agiss26A wonderful few days away with the ponies in Robin Hood’s Bay #robinhoodsbay #rhb #holiday #horses #barefoothorses #bitless #shetlandpony #quarab #horseadventures #yorkshiremoors17 Apr 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyu2agiss26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3llbc5cghhs26Last one on #moralambition for now: action is more important than awareness: “but you can’t live in awareness. You can’t eat awareness. You can’t cool down the planet with awareness, give 100m refugees a roof above there head or help the 100billion animals trapped in factory farms” Freely translated26 Mar 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbc5cghhs26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3llbbtmu2lk26“Modern protest seems like it’s nothing more than a collection of clicks and likes, in the hope that someone above will listen.” Freely translated from #moreleambitie #moralambition #rutgerbregman26 Mar 2025 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbbtmu2lk26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3llbbnexh6k26Current morning read to get me hyped up for the day. It’s all about making real changes, utilising talent and making the world a better place. It’s just been translated into English too. It’s blunt, fun, important, purposeful and I am learning 😊. #moreleambitie #moralambition #rutgerbregman26 Mar 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbbnexh6k26https://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ll5htfebbk2qWeekend walkies with the poodle mix pack. #poodlemon #gottocatchthemall 😆24 Mar 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5htfebbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ll5hofvxtk2qOh deer, deer!24 Mar 2025 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5hofvxtk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbdiehl.bsky.social/post/3ll5bpzesys2iAdventure time with these two over the weekend. We do love our in-hand walks although I am feeling my legs today!24 Mar 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:yrfplrh7dxqln4lenccx3csw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5bpzesys2i