Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. MPRNews/North Star Journey: Inside Hmong Cornhole, the largest cornhole club in Minnesota, Cipolle, May 23, 2024. ~~~ Liberty Day 5KColumbiana, AL USA29 June 2024 52 minutesOverall – 214th out of 218 finishers & 1 DQAge group – 8th of 9 Revisiting Fitness Friday because this may be my one IRLContinue reading “Wandering Along, Walk Report, Liberty Day 5K 2024”

Awareness of the outside world. ESPN: A day in the life of Beacon, the therapy dog at U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, Roenigk, Jun 29, 2024. Hat tip to T. ~~~ Dogs are fine. Status remains quo. No dog update in June because I lost track of the weeks. Rose is still a weird little dog,Continue reading “Having Their Say, Dog Update”

Awareness of the outside world. Birmingham made the NYT Connections puzzle, 23 June 2024. Bham Wiki: The Magic City. Also Miami, HistoryMiami: Miami, The Magic City, and a strip club in Atlanta. [The Next Step] ~~~ Oooooh, she fine. Andre is watching a little paint mare in the covered ring. Note the nose smooshed againstContinue reading “Andre On Alert, Somewhat Wordless Wednesday”

Awareness of the outside world. Boston.com: Here’s looking at you, kid: MBTA adds googly eyes to several trains following grassroots campaign, Patkin June 26, 2024. On one hand, I’m all for the element of levity in urban life. On the other hand, fast, clean trains that ran on time would be my favorite rider experience.Continue reading “Badge By Badge, Virtual Tevis 2024”

Awareness of the outside world. Recently I learned that there are many reasons a person might not want to give pronouns. The person is not out to everyone. None of the options are the mot juste. The person does not want to get drawn into the inevitable discussion. I had no idea a simple actContinue reading “Barn Maintenance”

Awareness of the outside world. Tasting Table: Kazari-Zushi Is The Gorgeous, Decorative Sushi You Should Know About, Martinez 2023. ~~~ Tan & Teal [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Gail asked if I had trip treats. I held up the bag of carrot sticks in one hand and the large bag of gorp in the other. She laughed, “I see a Buckee’s stop in our future.” She wasn’t wrong. I always have such grand plans. I am going to eat healthy this time! OnlyContinue reading “Road Trip Rules, Fiction”