Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. FStoppers: The Real Reason Photographers Are Quitting Instagram, Cooke, 27 April 2026. Hat tip to G. ~~~ Family photo shoot, December 2025. [Hay, It’s a Christmas Tree!] Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Law Dork: SCOTUS guts what remained of the Voting Rights Act before taking on TPS termination case, Geidner, Apr 29, 2026. Pause to shift gears. ~~~ A pondering post. Every horse & rider combination has their own reasons for going to any particular horse show. That said, I see motivationContinue reading “Why Horse Show?”

Awareness of the outside world. The 2nd Annual Global Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon, May 3-4, 2026. Slogan: Listening IS birding. ~~~ No lessons – and by extension no riding – in the last two weeks. I was busy. Then Coach Courtney was at WEC in Florida and Coach Deana was at IEA Nationals in St. Louis.Continue reading “Lacking Lessons Lately”

Awareness of the outside world. Continue to chug away at the Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study. Survey felt shorter. They may have made it easier to say “I’m good” as a general answer. [Archives] ~~~ Milton and other barn minion have been going out for rides several times a week. They walk back and forthContinue reading “Milton Works at the Walk”

Awareness of the outside world. AP: Photos show Obama and Mamdani reading to preschoolers in the Bronx, APRIL 19, 2026. The level of charisma in that room must have been off the charts. Regardless of your politics, I think you would admit that both men have presence? ~~~ Milton models the latest in seasonal wear.Continue reading “Bug Season II, Horsekeeping”

Birds of the outside world. BirdNote’s 2026 Photo Contest Winners. ~~~ Belated participation in Draw A Bird Day, 8 April. The mandate was a bird drawing. They did not specify a good drawing. Snark aside, it was fun. 10/10, would recommend giving it a try. From the presentation “Comics and Conservation” by Rosemary Mosco forContinue reading “Belated Bird, Art”

Awareness of the outside world. Rolex XC is today. How times have changed. First off, it is now the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. I have not been since 2010. New title. Show jumping. Tailgating. I wonder if I would find the Horse Park changed out of recognition or would it still be the old RolexContinue reading “Faces at the Grocery Store, Fiction Exercise”