Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Poetry of the outside world, Bilston. ~~~ The classic short short. By Hemingway? For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn. Why is this necessarily a tragedy? Grandma sends fancy shoes as gift. Don’t fit. Sell shoes. Tyke fine. Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Smithsonian: Earth Faces Hottest Day Ever Recorded—Three Days in a Row, Osborne, July 6, 2023. ~~~ Homewood Forest PreserveHomewood AL, USAJuly 2023 Technical Details f/11.0, 1/125 sec., 18.0 mm, !SO 100, manual Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Speaking of model horses, BreyerFest is this weekend, IRL & virtual. Breyer: What is BreyerFest 2023? It always amazes me that KHP can hold a major horse show, see yesterday, at the same time as the biggest event in the model horse world. ~~~ TrainTasticGulfport MS Photos & Video byContinue reading “Model Horses to Go With Model Trains, Guest Photos”

Awareness of the outside world. The Chronicle of the Horse: Opinion: Pride Belongs In Equestrian Spaces, Clawson 2021. QueerBio.com: LGBTQ Presence in the Equestrian World, 2022. Hat tip to C for a conversation that prompted me to search ‘trans in the horse world’. ~~~ Watching the livestream of the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse ShowContinue reading “Watching and Wondering, Saddlebreds at Lexington”

Awareness of the outside world. UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves, press release, 15 June 2023. “Biosphere reserves promote solutions reconciling the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use … There are currently 738 biosphere reserves in 134 countries.” UNESCO: Biosphere Reserves. Hat tip to J. ~~~ Virtual Tevis Cup 2023100 Miles in 100 Days19Continue reading “Thoughts, Virtual Tevis 2023”

Awareness of the outside world. Single. Nature: Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c. 2900–2650 BC), by Marta Cintas-Peña et al. 06 July 2023. Story from other outlets, CNN: Ivory Lady by Hunt, Phys.org: Ivory Lady. Multiple. PHYS.org: Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers, by PublicContinue reading “Lessons from Last Year, Annual Vet Visit”

Art Happenings. American Saddlebred Museum: Address Change Announced to Honor Wing Commander, May 15, 2023. Wishing good rides to everyone gathering at the Kentucky Horse Park for the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show. ~~~ “When it comes to outlining vs. improvising, I’ve found that we all do the same steps in a different order.”Continue reading “Plotter Pantser Y Not Both”