Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. BirdCast. “Real-time predictions of bird migrations: when they migrate, where they migrate, and how far they will be flying.” BirdCast: About ~~~ tldr: Saddle seat lessons. Amusing sideline or distraction that is dissipating my energy? Ooooh that looks interesting I like the horses. I like the horses so muchContinue reading “Overthinking Saddle Seat Lessons”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. The Dartmouth: Dartmouth to return Samson Occom’s possessions to Mohegan Tribe, Rojas, 4/14/22. ~~~ Distance: 24.1 miles, both horses. Details: 12 rides, 10 hours 48 minutes, 2.23 mph, 26:53 pace. Notes Our GPS has been recalibrated. Once around the pasture now measures .4 miles, up from ~1/3 of aContinue reading “Help From Above, Week 3, Virtual Tevis 2022”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Think you know about censorship? You probably don’t. The inquisition wasn’t a single organization, Orwell mostly got it wrong, and the most important change in modern times mostly went unnoticed. YouTube video, stay for the Q&A. Tracing Censorship of Radical Ideas Across Centuries: Historian Ada Palmer, U Chicago, JunContinue reading “Changing the Blanketing Protocol, In Which Rodney Plays The Old Man Card”

Images Images of the outside world. Balloon Juice: Saturday Morning Open Thread: Space Quilts, TaMara|,  April 23, 2022. ~~~ Quiltfolk is holding a yearlong workshop on making quilt blocks from book cover images. I am not particpating in the workshop. I did, however, run off with the idea of making quilt block image from aContinue reading “Books to Blocks, An Exercise In Image Making”

Words Awareness of the outside world. From what I saw on screen, mask wearing was intermittent. Web page says proof of vaccination was required for admission, ACPT Brochure.~~~ Thesis. Game popularity is tied to the achievability of success. First I need to explain how the New York Times crossword app scores the daily puzzles. IfContinue reading “Pondering The Rules Of Play, The 44th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Earth Day. Beginning of International Dark Sky Week.~~~ Either the area got way more rain than we did, or the path is so low that it floods if you sneeze at it. The Numbers Shades Creek Greenway/Lakeshore Trail3.21 miles1:03:20 hoursSaturday 16 April 2022 5K is 3.1-something miles.Continue reading “Another Impromptu 5k, Shades Creek Greenway”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “Butler was born and raised in Pasadena and became a renowned science-fiction author. She was an alumna of Washington Steam Multilingual Academy, which in her day was called Washington Middle School.” Pasadena Now: Pasadena School Board Approves Resolution Renaming Washington Middle School to Octavia E. Butler Magnet, Calayag, FebruaryContinue reading “The Search Iterates, Hay Quest 2022”