Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. “Lunar Communion Sunday is still celebrated annually at Webster Presbyterian.” History.com: Buzz Aldrin Took Holy Communion on the Moon. NASA Kept it Quiet, Blakemore, 2018, updated 2019.~~~ Last week was a festival of passive participation. Television coverage of the Tour de France. Livestream of the Lexington HorseContinue reading “On Being An Energetic Couch Jockey”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Huffington Post: Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong.” Hobbes. Counterpoint, USNews: Everything You Know About Obesity Is Not Wrong, Markey. All of this was back in 2018. Still a worthwhile discussion. I want to say both sides have good points, but we can’t use the term “both sides”Continue reading “Summer Routine”

Images, Little Plastic Art Awareness of the outside world. BreyerFest Artisan’s Gallery 2020. Sales pages, but it doesn’t cost anything to look. ~~~ Additions to the herd since BreyerFest last year. [Model Horse Archives] Classics, i.e. what you think of when you think of a Breyer model. Only one (two) new, La Molina & Masella.Continue reading “State of the Carpet Herd 2021”

Words … of a sort 🧍 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 💡 ✈️ 🗽 ✈️ ⛩️ ✈️ 🗿 ✈️ 🏠 ⌨️ 📚 💰 🎥 💰💰 ~~~ 🧍 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 🏢 🍽️ 🛏️ 💡 🔫 🏦 💰 🏃 🚓 🏃 🚔 🔒 ~~~ 🔗 (Links) 🌎 😀 ☀️Continue reading “🌎 😀 ☀️, 📚 (World Emoji Day, Fiction)”

Driving Awareness of the outside world. Dueling chyrons. CNN, ‘Biden speaks out on Trump’s Big Lie’. Fox, ‘Unhinged Biden goes on tirade against election fairness measures.’ The words may not be verbatim. I was too mesmerized by the difference to think of taking a photo. You get the idea. It’s not just what you say,Continue reading “Horse Brasses and Permission Not To Pay Attention, NHBS 2021”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Again, I had no idea this was a thing. The problem, yes. The law, no. HealthLine: A Beginner’s Guide to Using a Restroom Card When You Have Crohn’s Disease.~~~ Pony Solo ride for the old lady! A pony ride in spirit. No actual leading performed. I got on!Continue reading “Milton’s Semi-Annual Tradition”

The Horse World Warning. Another downer today. Come back tomorrow for Milton. Awareness of the outside world. United Professional Horseman’s Association.~~~ In 2013, the first show I rode in that was photographed by Sandra Hall. [Horse Show Today, MSSP 2014] In 2018, the last show of mine she photographed. [Sandra Hall Captures The Moment, Show Photos,Continue reading “Tempis Fugit II, Still Sucks”