Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. National Coming Out Day.~~~ If all goes to plan, I will have had a lesson last Saturday. Shortly after I finished my extending whinge on the subject, the barn with the waiting list got back to me. Yay! [Looking For Lessons] I am writing this on Friday and schedulingContinue reading “Hark Is That A Lesson I Hear?”

Images ~~~ Three stages of weaving on a screen, showing the progression as weave gets tighter. Top. Holes are as wide as bands. Middle. Holes are half the size of bands. Bottom. Holes are one-quarter the size of bands. I like how the three images show the difference as the holes get smaller. The topContinue reading “Blog Logo, Weaving Digitally”

Writing Intro, Or How Did We Get So Far Off Topic? I want to write for a textile magazine (Waves hi!). In the cover letter, I needed to explain my weaving experience, or lack thereof. I figured I would include links to a few blog posts that talked about weaving. And perhaps a story orContinue reading “Weaving In and Out of My Life, A Crafting Resume”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children, Gallagher, 6 Oct 2021. Wow.~~~ As usual, park gate was open. 😦 I went to close it. The latch had been fixed! The swinging fork fit the gate post! 🙂 This made me unreasonably happy. I wasContinue reading “Fixed! A Small But Happy Improvement In The World”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Virtual Moundville Native American Festival starts today. ~~~ Stepping Stone Farm ~~~ Mushrooms appear to be a minor but recurring theme here. 2021[More Mushroom][Mini Mushrooms] 2013“Mushroom hunting riding is not simply a matter of traipsing through the woods after it rains.” Riding correctly is not simply a matter ofContinue reading “Barn Shrooms”

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. “The escapees were part of a larger herd of zebras, also called a dazzle or a zeal …” EQUINE Ink: Five Zebras on the Loose in Maryland.~~~ An ASB class where over 70% of the riders wore helmets! Thanks to the livestream video by Eventmix Live, IContinue reading “Helmet Watch and Show Stalking, St. Louis 2021”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. UNESCO: World Teachers’ Day.~~~ I’ve decided not to count Rodney’s miles at Full Circle Horse Park, at least not all of them. We did just over 5 & 1/2 miles in two trips. Originally, the goal was to walk around the edges of the cross-country field, racking up theContinue reading “Moving the Goal Posts, Virtual Tevis, 98 Miles and Holding, 73 Days”