Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Images Art of the outside world. Museum of Bad Art. ~~~ ~~~ Not as sad as most years. Horse Nation: The Idea of Order: Hello Darkness, my Old ‘Friend’… 1) Working horses in the am. Will benefit from morning light. 2) The last time?! Reuters: U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent,Continue reading “Sad Clock”

Words Awareness of the outside world. The Verge: Welcome to hell, Elon, Patel, Oct 28, 2022. Aside from the amusingly hyperbolic language, the author raises interesting points about the problems facing a global social media platform. ~~~ Blog humming along. Nothing pressing to say for the monthly State of the Blog post. [STOB archives] So,Continue reading “Recent Reads, Mostly Memoir”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. My choices for travel. Masked: door to door for airport & flights, at service, shopping in big stores. No mask: outside, in private house (small group & felt rude, which is NOT a good reason but it was family and I’m human), in restaurants (because eating). InconsistentContinue reading “Rearranging the Admin, State of the Fitness”

Blogging Awareness of the outside world. Horrible headlines from Indonesia & Korea. The Conversation: Ten tips for surviving a crowd crush, Moussaid, 2019, Updated: October 31, 2022. “My name is Mehdi Moussaïd. I’m a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, in Berlin … My research is about any kind of collective behaviorsContinue reading “Losing the Light, State of the Now”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Alabama News Center: Alabama Power’s Baker selected Wildlife Biologist of the Year, Chandler, October 24, 2022. Photos by Meg McKinney. ~~~ Stepping Stone Farm Fun ShowTransformer (Optimus)10. Academy Adult WTC Showmanship – 1st of 211. Academy Adult WTC Equitation – 2nd of 2 Stepping Stone FarmChelsea ALSaturday 29 OctoberContinue reading “Finishing Out The Year With A Blue, Show Report, SSF Fun Show 2022”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Gothamist: Creatively costumed canines at NYC’s 2022 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Festival, by Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, Oct 22, 2022. ~~~ Horses got bodywork from Anita A. Miller & Michaela E. Miller of Robin Hood Therapy, LLC. Social media & website coming soon. Rodney. MagnaWave & massage. Color him dubious. WeContinue reading “A Bout of Bodywork for Both Horses”

Holidays Awareness of the outside world. Does anyone else remember Trick or Treat for UNICEF? Do kids still do that? I wonder what they did with all those pennies we collected. I looked. The Internet was not forthcoming on either question (gasp!). Update. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. It was right there when I searched. Dunno whyContinue reading “C is for Cookie, C is for Costume Class, Halloween 2022”