Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Images Awareness of the outside world. NWF: Protecting the Great Lakes, Alliance for the Great Lakes, USDA: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, & many more. ~~~ Process notes. The intention was five lakes with the indents resembling promontories. What came out was blobs within blobs. So, I fell back on geometrics. HOMES Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie,Continue reading “Great Lakes Graphic”

Words Art of the outside world. Free fiction. Whatever: When the Yogurt Took Over: A Short Story. 2010. Inspired by “No more logical connection to our real one than a world in which an author has imagined humanity ruled by intelligent cups of yogurt.” Whatever: What I Think About Atlas Shrugged. ~~~ [50 States, Cubed]Continue reading “In Which I Ponder The Mechanics Of A 50 State Checklist”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. I have cataracts. I feel old. Yes, I had to get glasses. Young people wear glasses. Yes, I have gray hair. I started going gray at nineteen. Cataracts are an old word. Doc most unperturbed. Small. Nothing to be done yet. Everyone gets them. That’s all wellContinue reading “Meandering Through Minnesota, Virtually”

Pets Awareness of the outside world. Lane Park: BISS Am.Gr.Ch. Lake Park Ethan, highest placing Basset Hound at Westminster Kennel Club 2022. WRC: results, click on name for presentation photo. ~~~ [Foto Friday: Dash] First The Sad Part For the first time since 1988, we are a dogless household. Dash, aka Tidbit, our Basset Hound,Continue reading “Celebrate Dogs, Cheer Me Up”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Show benefited Bikes 4 Kids. ~~~ ASHAA Summer Fun Show IIStepping Stone FarmChelsea AL, USASunday 14 August 2022 Emeralds Brown Sugar (Bubba)26 Academy Showmanship WTC-Adult Amateur, 2nd of 327 Academy Equitation WTC-Adult Amateur, 2nd of 3 Thank you to the Walters family for ebullient EBS. When I arrived atContinue reading “ASB Weekend Day 2, Red Queen Reprise, Show Report, SSF Summer Show 2022”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Florida Museum of Natural History: Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore, July 27, 2022. HT Phys.org. ~~~ Bubba appears to be my regular ride. Since it was Saturday, my ground person was available to help with the lesson. He may not know from saddleContinue reading “ASB Weekend Day 1, Lesson”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “I still wear a mask in public indoor spaces. If I forget a mask and the store isn’t busy, I don’t turn around. If it’s Costco on a Saturday, though, I turn around and grab my mask … we are in a very strange phase of the pandemic: somewhereContinue reading “It’s Always Something, Rodney’s Latest Drama”