Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Alabama NewsCenter: Alabama Dam Ride pedals for a cause, White, May 13, 2022. Photos by Meg McKinney. ~~~ Group order from Custom Ink. Each year everyone gets a new shirt in a new color for the summer fun shows. Wasn’t gonna order one. Have so many Stepping Stone FarmContinue reading “SSF Summer Show Shirt”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. NPR: Michigan medical students walk out on an anti-abortion keynote speaker, Sullivan, July 25, 2022. ~~~ Having finished doing everything, and writing about doing everything, time to recap this year’s Virtual Tevis. [Dance Card] Started on Thursday, April 7 with a 1-mile ride. Finished on Friday, July 8, withContinue reading “To Vfinish Is To Vwin, Virtual Tevis 2022”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. CBC: Bodies of Work, Olivia Apps ~~~ Lovely, narrow 3/8″ curb reins from Fennel’s. To go with my dual steering set-up. [Riding With Two Reins] Bought from a saddle seat store. Asked Coach Courtney to recommend a tack shop as she is the only person I know who deals withContinue reading “New Equipment, Reins”

Images Art from the outside world. Birmingham Times: Ramsay High School Student Captures 1st Place in World Games Art Contest, Michaels, May 23, 2022. ~~~ Prize Statuette Legacy Arena, 14 July 2022. AL.com: Podium reactions to Vulcan trophy highlight World Games, Goodman, Jul. 16, 2022. Medal TWG: The World Games 2022 Medal Reveal, image fromContinue reading “Views Of Vulcan, The World Games”

Words Books from the outside world. Head On, Scalzi, 2018. “It has everything: Futuristic sports, murder, sex, love, home invasion, shady business people and midnight flights to central Europe. As one must.” Whatever: Head On Post-Writing Post. Read prologue, Tor.com: Head On. ~~~ The World Games bills itself as “New Generation of Global Sports.” WhatContinue reading “In Which I Ponder The Sports Of The Future”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Just heard about Walgreens. Depressing. Feels like intolerance is winning. ~~~ Double sessions were a factor in our recent everything-all-at-once experience. [A Full Dance Card] Not twice the work. More like splitting the day’s work into two pieces. Virtual Tevis in the morning to beat the heat. Trailer Rodney overContinue reading “Double Sessions”

Horse Life and Non-Horse Life Awareness of the outside world. Screenshot. “Stop referring to the pandemic in the past tense and climate change in the future tense Dr. Elizabeth Sawin” Original post, Igram: alexhuttinger July 18. Source, Elizabeth Sawin. HT, Igram: dr.berthahidalgo. I took this seriously while volunteering. Wore a sturdy mask whenever I wasContinue reading “A Full Dance Card”