Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Back To The Goldy Mine, H/J Lesson

Awareness of the outside world. IFL SCience: This Is The First Przewalski’s Horse Born In The Steppes Of Central Kazakhstan For 200 Years, Hale, 26 August 2026 (6 days after 1 September). I think(?) Takhi foals have been born in Mongolia. Kazakstan is next door. ~~~ GoldyRosewood Stables29 August 2026 First lesson for me ofContinue reading “Back To The Goldy Mine, H/J Lesson”

Magic Counting Hands, Morning Walk Stories

Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Scotland was the ‘murder capital of Europe’. Then it started treating violence like a disease, Livingston, 29 Jun 2026. ~~~ {Backstory. Each morning, people & horses go on team walk: one-mile, unmounted, & off-lead. Route is back and forth five times along one side of the pasture.} My magicContinue reading “Magic Counting Hands, Morning Walk Stories”

Status Remains Quo, Horsekeeping

Awareness of the outside world. More about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. I did not know this. Space.com: From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, Gohd, 26 August 2026. [All Aboard] ~~~ It’s Friday evening. I got nothing. Content creation is closed. Horses are good. No recent feedContinue reading “Status Remains Quo, Horsekeeping”

All Aboard, Art

Art of the extremely outside world. “Sometimes Hubble Space Telescope data is best visualized through art.” NASA: Art of Hubble. Nancy Grace Roman was “NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ ” NASA: Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. Previous Hubble, images. [Lunar Eclipse] ~~~ My digital “boarding pass” for the Nancy GraceContinue reading “All Aboard, Art”

Witness to History, Where Were You When?, Non-Fiction

History of the outside world. Strange Horizons: Why All Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Are Historians, Palmer, 23 February 2026. ~~~ 1981. When President Reagan was shot, I heard the news as I walked into the student center in college. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum: Assassination Attempt. 1986. When the Challenger exploded, I rememberContinue reading “Witness to History, Where Were You When?, Non-Fiction”