Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. When a social media influencer burbles on about living your best life, does anyone else hear Voltaire?~~~ We’ve had our first meltdown for this year’s trail ride. Everyone stayed on. It was over in a matter of moments. Still, maybe we make it one & done, guys? K? Thanx.Continue reading “Fit The First, Virtual Tevis, 25 Miles, 17 Days”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Have not read the book. Was taken with the author’s comments on Chinatown. “The Chinese language newspapers and tv shows you can hear through people’s windows are actually made in the U.S. for U.S. citizens and residents … I’m as American as fortune cookies, chimichangas, and Cuban sandwiches, allContinue reading “The Looming of the Lesson”

Images Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

Dear Laura: Just a quick note. Looks like I will be going up to the company’s lunar orbital lab after all. I was on the reserve team, which only goes up if crystal production exceeds projections. It is, so we are. I’ll be catching the first shuttle tomorrow morning. Weightlessness, here I come. Ironic thatContinue reading “Email from the Moon, Orbital Lab I, Fiction”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. National Recreation and Park Association. ~~~ Three more local parks from my walking adventures. I realize that Birmingham-area parks are of limited interest to people who do not live in the Birmingham area. a) Humor me. Now that I’ve started this project, I like to keep trackContinue reading “Pottering Through Parks, July Walks”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. No dog in the hunt so I have not put any decision-making capacity into the question of school openings. Digital props to everyone who is.~~~ Milton styling in his new bridle from Two Horse Tack. It’s made from beta biothane. Which is wrong. Tack is leather. She says, losingContinue reading “Looking At Leather In The Rearview Mirror, New Bridle”

Guest post by Contact. Notice the call for questions at the end. [Part I]. Welcome.~~~Part two! This post is sort of a mish-mash of thoughts. I am trying to summarize some complicated differences without writing a 20-page novel. So again, these are just my own observations. Back/Hindquarters Saddlehorses: You will almost always see a hollow, droppedContinue reading “Saddlehorse World vs. Dressage, Part II, Guest Post”