Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Horse Training Awareness of the outside world. I am declaring it to be December. That’s it, just December. Another month on the calendar. I have nothing against Christmas itself. The Whos singing Dahoo Dores always chokes me up. It’s the red and green ramp-up that is getting to me. Unless something really grabs me, theContinue reading “A Brief Check-In With The Main Charcaters”

Critters Awareness of the outside world. My nephew. “Party like it’s 1999, Warriors Cap perfect season with 34-28 SuperBowl win,” Local Headline News: Sports Page, Wakefield Daily Item, Kelly, Dec 6, 2022, front page. LHN: Perfect Season, jkeating624, Dec 5, 2022, team photo. YouTube: Wakefield Football Super Bowl (2022), highlight reel. ~~~ To tell this,Continue reading “Jasmine and Rose, Meet The New Dogs”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. The hard news appears mostly the same, for the moment. I have noticed a rightward drift in the opinion columns. The Mary Sue: CNN Is Truly Just Fox News Lite Now, Kane, Sep 5th, 2022. Vox: Why billionaire John Malone’s shadow looms over CNN, Kafka Aug 26, 2022. ~~~Continue reading “Other People’s Horses”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. A Descent into Madness. A friend has started a blog. If you feel so inclined, click over & check it out. ~~~ At the moment, we have a small selections of different types of grass hay in the barn. We are running a survey to see which ones theyContinue reading “Hay Taste Test”

Images Legend D – The light returns. E – The year rolls over. C – The cold weather comes. (Northern Hemisphere) E – Holiday M – Cold Moon [timeanddate: Full Moon Names.] B – Dec = 10. Tenth place is light blue. E – Holiday R – Turquoise Birthstone Last Month [The Non-Illustrated Month, November] ArchiveContinue reading “The Illustrated Month, December”

Words Now is hard. Having trouble figuring out how to approach the Now page. [State of the Now, New Feature, Same News] If I write about Now as in ‘right this moment’, that’s no different than a regular blog post. If I recap of the previous month with a list of links, it’s a rerun. WhileContinue reading “What Is Now, State of the Blog”

Fit To Ride Tai Chi Have added tai chi back into my exercise mix. Had stopped when I torqued my ankle. [I’m Bored Already] The online group I virtually attend does the first third of the form three times and then the entire form twice. For now, I am doing the three intro pieces andContinue reading “Status Quo Ante, State of the Fitness”