Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

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”

Images Art from the outside world. MFA Boston: Postcards at the MFA. ~~~ World Postcard Day was October 1. Through Postcrossing, I sent out five postcards and received 8. Woot! Links Interesting things I discovered from the postcards & postcard messages. Syksy-terveisiä is Finnish for Autumn Greetings. “Olomouc Zoo, is a Czech zoo, located inContinue reading “A Plentiful Postcard Parade”

Holiday Awareness of the outside world. Amsterdam Hangout: Why do They Sell Rubber Ducks in Amsterdam?, Zaslabsky 2020. ~~~ By Schnabels®, from Ducks In The Window. Border color, Netherlands Insiders: Why Is The National Color Of The Netherlands Orange? [Rubber Ducky Day Archives] Onwards!Katherine

Images Awareness of the outside world. Architectural Photography Almanac. ~~~ Have signed up for a class in Architectural Photography taught by Meg McKinney at Samford Academy of the Arts. [Archive] This is why I bought a tripod and cable release. [Photo Safari The First, Beeswax Creek Park] I would define architectural photography as an image whereContinue reading “Architectural Photography Linkfest”