Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Ag Daily: Why I don’t buy anything that says ‘non-GMO’, Miller, February 27, 2024. Article thesis, the ‘non-GMO’ label is more marketing than science. Hat tip to K. ~~~ It has been decreed that Milton needs to get in shape. He has a few activities very lightly penciled on hisContinue reading “Walking Milton”

Awareness of the outside world. Your Local Epidemiologist: Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread, A slippery road we cannot go down, Jetelina and Panthagani, Feb 27, 2024. ~~~ We now have a hanging scale to weigh Milton’s hay. Rodney doesn’t need it. He’s in a diet of ‘As much as he will eatContinue reading “Weighing Meals”

Art of the outside world. Science: ‘Kangaroo Time’ hops into top spot of Science’s latest ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest, Cummings, 26 Feb 2024. Article has top four for this year. Winners of other years come up easily in a search. Hat tip to G. ~~~ Noir et Neige [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

This winter, I took an online class on the fantasy genre, taught by Jo Walton & Ada Palmer, FFAC10106, The Anatomy of Fantasy, Graham School, U Chicago. It was a companion to last year’s science fiction class. [Winter Protocols] My plan was to have the class serve as two-months of inspirational chorus leading to aContinue reading “What’s With All The Fantasy Posts? State of the Blog”

Awareness of the outside world. Virtual medal benefits The Leapfrog Group, a health care safety organization. ~~~ Daily Walks Early last month, I undertook an outing among the general public. Since I have the exposure level of a toddler at the beginning of day care, I spend the rest of the month under the weather.Continue reading “Leaping Around The Swamp, State of the Fitness”

Awareness of the outside world. leapyearday.com: Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, a birthday club from 1997 to 2016. Also has a list of leap year topics on the home page, leapyearday.com. ~~~ Photo proof that I was elsewhere looking at a horse. Watched a local OTTB have a lesson. While we are aContinue reading “Horse Quest!”

Awareness of the outside world. KUT News: See how Austin Community College turned Highland Mall into a campus, McInerny, 2022. ACC: Highland Campus. Hat tip to a Dec 2023 BlueSky post by Allison Berryman, @onwi.bsky.soc ~~~ Saddles! Were worn! By horses! Another first for the year. [Tack!] Milton was a star. Milton has consented toContinue reading “Saddles!”