Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Words Words of the outside world. Book Riot: 11 of the Best Stories Featuring Origami, Cahill, 2021. Includes links to free fiction. I have not read any of these, and most likely will not. More Nebula than Hugo. I don’t do lyrical. ~~~ The concept is to use an apartment building as a narrative frameContinue reading “Apartment Building as a Framework, Fiction Thoughts”

Horsekeeping Away From Home Awareness of the outside world. Camping concerns involve trash, overuse, and impact on the local environment. Since we “camp” at horse activities, the local environment is a parking lot. ~~~ Our snazzy digs at Whip Hand Farm. [Clinic Report] Sleeping in a horse trailer is not everyone’s choice. We’re cheap and weContinue reading “Trailer Camping, Work In Progress”

Driving Awareness of the outside horse world. Driving Digest: Going the Distance w/ Robin & Wilson Groves, Pringle. ~~~ Coach Kate brought driving instructor Robin Groves, R&W Horse Drawn Services, down from Vermont for a clinic. We went up to Tennessee. Saturday was moved to a local indoor when the rain showed up on theContinue reading “Milton Rises To The Occasion, Clinic Report”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Show benefits St. Jude Children’s Hospital. ~~~ Screen shot from Facebook, taken 5 October 2022. Border added. No Stepping Stone lesson last week. Barn was at Nationals. Did I miss going? Yes, because horse show. No, because super stressful horse show. [Where I Am Not] Last month, Nationals chose aContinue reading “Caught With My Mouth Open, Again”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Voting in the US today. Whatever: I Hate Your Politics. ~~~ Rodney has lost hackamore privileges. [Two Reins] On the upside, he goes well in it. Giving aids to his nose does not cause the overly-dramatic curled shrimp reaction that using a bit does. On the downside, he ignores it.Continue reading “Removing The Second Rein”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Color The World Orange & NERVEmber. ~~~ Fortiflex, 5 gal. Flat Back General Purpose Horse Bucket, Black Hunter Green, Tractor Supply. We needed more buckets – how could we possibly need more buckets? – so I bought them in Rodney’s color. If he ever needs to go for aContinue reading “Wishful Shopping”

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”