Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the horse world. The Backyard Horse Blog: Equestrian Winter Reading Challenge, with recommendations to get started. ~~~ The Up Cookies from the SSF Christmas party. Food was eaten. Ugly sweaters were worn. Santas were dirty. Surprise horses were delivered. I deliberate try not to know about pending horses. I don’t want to have toContinue reading “Up, Down, & In-Between, A Saddle Seat Miscellany”

Awareness of the outside world. My friends are retiring (waves Hi!). I’m starting to qualify for senior programs. I’m not ready to be the same age as old people. ~~~ Shaft Bells with Leather Strap from Big Black Horse. Coach Kate, Whip Hand Farm, is also getting into the sounds of the season. Bliss withContinue reading “Milton’s Bells”

Awareness of the outside world. AAHA: Reindeer: Current research, how they came to North America, and the origin of the red-nose myth. 2014. Note date. “Current” is no longer accurate. Article still interesting for reindeer history. ~~~ Pell City Alabama USAJanuary 2023 In the spirit of previous pauses. [Cat Pause], [Cat Pictures Please, Observer Effect] Onwards!KatherineContinue reading “Reindeer Pause”

Awareness of the outside world. Shelby County Reporter: Brandon Horn becomes first Calera student accepted to Ivy League school, Bowen, February 28, 2023. Belated news. Just saw it an old issue of Shelby Living for sale at the feed store. I wonder how he is liking his first Hanover winter. Shelby Living: Making History, Bowen,Continue reading “Horsekeeping Counterfactual”

Art of the outside world. Foreach, a webcomic. “Foreach is a comic about cycles, parenthood, power, friendship, escapism, and videogames … Content warnings for: blood, violence, themes of trauma and depression, reference to suicide. ” About. Recommended by my friend Alexi H.S., “Foreach is a beautiful Escher print of dysfunction, a cascade of conflicting needs. WhatContinue reading “Fractal Christmas Tree”

Reverend Laurie Brock tells us about her ride along the Camino de Santiago this summer. She is the Rector of St. Michael the Archangel Episcopal Church in Lexington, KY. Her animal companions are Nina, an American Saddlebred, Evie, a rescue pup, and Jilly, “An elder little terrier lady whose owner died and now she getsContinue reading “Another Rider on The Camino de Santiago, Guest Post”

Decor of the outside world. Balloon Juice: On The Road – ema – NYC Christmas Lights. I am told by a regular reader of Balloon Juice that ema is mostly likely a commenter who has been invited to post. To me, those letters mean Emergency Management Agency. For years, I took an annual trip to NYCContinue reading “Wreath, Photography”