Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Photos from the outside world. NYT: The World Through a Lens. I don’t think it is pay-walled, but I don’t always understand where the NYT draws their lines. ~~~ Beeswax Creek flowing toward the Coosa RiverBeeswax Creek ParkShelby County Alabama USASeptember 2023 Technical Details Creek. f/18.0, 1/250 sec., 80.0 mm, ISO 400. Manual & auto-focus.Continue reading “Back To Beeswax Creek, Photography”

Coach Kate went undercover in mini-world and brought back this report. Welcome Coach Kate! ~~~ The 2023 Shetland Pony Congress had something for everyone, almost. There was daily free food (donuts, pizza, tacos, BBQ), there was daily kid-friendly entertainment (arts and crafts projects, ice cream sundaes, movies) there was shopping (jewelry, dog supplies, two mobile tackContinue reading “Fierce & Fuzzy, Shetland Pony Congress, Guest Post”

Awareness of the outside world. TYWKIWDBI: Theater surveillance of the audience, 16 September 2023. ~~~ Short Version Consider adding an identifier to an anonymous comment. Long Version. Several readers who I know IRL (waves hi!) have told me that WordPress is being inconsistent about comments, making more of them anonymous recently. Sometimes I can tellContinue reading “We Interrupt This Blog For An Administrative Announcement About Anonymous Comments”

Awareness of the outside world. Vox: The mind-boggling scale of Disney World, The happiest place on earth, explained by the numbers. By Kim, additional reporting by DuRose, data visualization by Walters. Sep 18, 2023. Have been several times. Easier when I had family living in Florida. Most recently in 2003 (really?!?), I went to theContinue reading “The Things I Am Not Buying”

Awareness of the outside world. The issue is not new. Literary Hub: How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation, Carlson, September 12, 2023. Have read article, not book. Carly Brown: Madeira Mondays: Why 18th century pockets were pretty great. Illustrations. Hat tips to I & L. ~~~ I recently realized that I have notContinue reading “The Things I Still Buy”

Art of the outside world. Abstract art with LEGO bricks. Katherine Duclos: Lego. ~~~ ~~~ Process Notes Inspiration: A presentation by Aisha Changezi for the Washington Calligraphers Guild, specifically AC: Geometric Pattern. At this point, what I have is more geometry than art, but an interesting start. Onwards!Katherine

Part I [Preliminary Material For A ‘Magic Is Among Us’ Plot] Part II So, magic is real. We all do it. We just call it luck, or a gift, or diligence. As for my job? People suck. Yes, yes. Good people exist. I know that, theoretically. It’s just that law enforcement tends to see peopleContinue reading “Case Files of the Magic Police, Fiction Sketch”