Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Images Art of the outside world. World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard). Twitter only. If we must have a thing, why not make it pretty &/or interesting thing? Atlas Obscura: Meet the Boosters Celebrating the World’s Best Bollards, Laskow, 2018. eci-i: Is The Rumored World Bollard Association Fact or Fiction, Karson, 2018. ~~~ Process Notes. Memory saysContinue reading “Art Deco Logo”

Words Words of the outside world. Free fiction. Clarkesworld: Bots of the Lost Ark, by Suzanne Palmer, Issue 177 – June 2021. Hugo Winner Best Novelette, Tor.com: Announcing the 2022 Hugo Award Winners, Sep 4, 2022. ~~~ Reboot of I Dream of Jeannie & Bewitched where the occult person is male. Premise is that theContinue reading “The Unmagical, Magical Roommate, An Idea For A TV Reboot, Fiction”

Images Awareness of the outside world. PetaPixel: Conjoined Cats Win Comedy Pet Photo Awards, Schneider, Sep 21, 2022. ~~~ Sunset. Shelby County, Alabama. 22 September 2022. Manual (or possibly Aperture priority, many buttons where pushed and dials turned. It was an evening for fiddling). Auto-focus. f/20.0, 1/100 sec, 140.mm, ISO 160. Tripod. No Cropping. NoContinue reading “Photos, Rural Sunset”

Driving Awareness of the outside world. Science Alert: Lupus Patients Go Into Remission in ‘Spectacular’ Immunotherapy Trial, Watson, 19 September 2022. ~~~ Driving Thursday returns! For now anyway. Long may it continue. Milton hitched twice last week at Stepping Stone Farm. We learned that hitching goes better with cookies. Good to know. Check out theContinue reading “Driving Thursday Returns”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Saddle & Bridle: When Two Worlds Collide, Moore, 2017. ~~~ Showed up for lesson at Stepping Stone Farm last week. Was stressing about my event barn lesson the next day. [Chestnut Mare Fanfare] Asked for fun and easy. Coach Courtney suggest a new horse. New horse! What part ofContinue reading “Chestnut Mare Honey Bear”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. YouTube: Horses like violin playing, 2019. Hat tip to J for the find. ~~~ Last week, I had what I hope is the first of many lessons at Silver Lining Equestrian Center in Auburn, Alabama. SLEC Facebook, SLEC Instagram. [Lesson Ahoy] I went there years ago when the saddleContinue reading “Chestnut Mare Fanfare”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Secrets have a way of getting out. “If you were to pay me is there anyway the media can find out where it came from and how much?” Favre wrote in an August 2017 message. “No, we never have had that information publicized,” New said. CNN: Brett Favre’s textsContinue reading “Floor Care”