Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Smithsonian: Against All Odds, England’s Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years, Cleaver, 2017. English Heritage: Uffington Castle – White Horse and Dragon Hill. ~~~ Lachlan Farm Hunter ShowRolling HillsSterrett AL, USASaturday 6 August 2022 Academy Walk Trot Equitation over poles I – 3rd of 3.Academy Walk Trot EquitationContinue reading “Doctor Whooves Plays In The Pony Ring, Show Report, Lachlan Farm Hunter Show 2022”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. A thorough recap of the 2022 IRL Tevis, both the good & the bad. Equine Ink: Tevis 2022 Results. ~~~ We Are The Woe (with apologies to Queen) We are the woe-ful.We are the woe-ful.No time for woork-ing,‘Cause we are the champions of the wwwoooeee. Time for for annualContinue reading “At The Horses’ Annual Check-Up, The Check-Up Is The Easiest Part”

Images Art of the outside world. US Botanical Garden: Take a Virtual Tour. ~~~ Legend A – I shouldn’t have bad feelings about an entire twelfth of the year. Yet here we are. [Hello September] U – Stepping Stone Farm goes to the World’s Championship Horse Show in Louisville KY. I go vicariously. [2016, 2018,Continue reading “The Illustrated Month, August”

Words Books of the outside world. Listening to Semi-Famous by Josh Sundquist. Chose audio because he reads it. “The consensus was that it’s a memoir, they want to hear it from the author, and if it’s fiction, they want a professional actor.” The Everywhereist: What’s It Like To Record Your Own Audiobook?. I concur. ~~~Continue reading “State of The Blog, State of the Comments”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. “We are a campaign to heal intergenerational trauma, fight systemic racism and transform Black lives. As women organize walking teams, they also mobilize community members to support advocacy efforts and lead a Civil Rights-inspired health movement.” GirlTrek: About ~~~ GirlTrek: June 1st! The Jumpstart is here! AndContinue reading “Walking With Intention, State of the Fitness”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. My request to join a Facebook group was declined. Why does rejection always hurt? Even if the rejection is from faceless strangers of a group in which you were only moderately interested? And yet it does hurt. Each rejection recalls the other times I was excess to requirements. WhileContinue reading “Trotting About At Home”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Women’s Bureau Birmingham Roundtable, flickr photostream by Meg McKinney. For background, news article (not pics by Meg) WBRC: U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau director visits Birmingham to discuss women in the workforce, Maxie, Jul. 28, 2022. ~~~ The wise horse keeps one ear on the instructor. First ASBContinue reading “Return To Saddle Seat”