Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Being diligent about a work assignment. Here’s one from my summer trip. ~~~ Seen at IGA, Complexe Desjardins, Montreal, June 2023. Cidrerie Milton Trip Advisor: Cidrerie Milton. English Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. @_.andrepaz._ April 22, 2020 (Instagram). World map with continents represented by animals, by Andrea Paz González Dettleff. Hat tip to A. ~~~ Wait? What? A horse show? A saddle seat horse show? [Fun In The Sun, Show Report SSF Summer 2023] Yes. Am I still over Academy? [Second Show, Same AsContinue reading “Lesson Thoughts, I Has Them”

Awareness of the outside world. To be in the arena. DFL beats DNF beat DNS. Mail & Guardian: ‘Last-place finishers are not losers’, Collinson, 2004. Dated. Article feels the need to define a “blog”. 🤣 DFL: Celebrating last-place finishes at the Olympics. Because they’re there, and you’re not. Blog ends with 2004. Data still interesting.Continue reading “Fun In The Sun, Show Report SSF Summer 2023”

Awareness of the outside world. An official Hawaiian history timeline with a wildfire update banner at the top of the page, Go Hawaii: A Brief History of the Hawaiian Islands. More history, Smithsonian: Hawaii – History and Heritage, 2007, American Masters: Learn about the rich history of Hawaii, 2022. Personal essay, Medium: An Ignorant Mainlander’sContinue reading “No Photo is Good News, Milton’s Foot”

Art of the outside world. Boston.com: Who rings the bells inside the Old North Church?. The article comes from Boston.com Wickedpedia, “Your unserious questions, seriously answered”. Emphasis mine. That is so Boston. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Writer: Hello Muse. Muse: Hello. Another holiday movie? Writer: No. I guess you could call it an Occasion Movie, the occasion being kids going back to school. Probably a made-for-TV movie. Muse: An After School Special? Writer: No. So much no. I may be a hack and a shill for corporate advertisers, but even IContinue reading “Muse Goes Back To School, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. “Faces and Fabrics Everywhere! For me, making quilts is a creative outlet. Visit a quilt retreat with the Evening Star Quilt Guild, via my collection of photographs from our 2023 ‘Out of This World’ Retreat, held at the Alabama 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana, AL, Aug. 3-6.” Facebook: Meg McKinney 7Continue reading “Creek, Photography”