Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Care Leasing, Or How To Ease Back Into RidingBy E.B. Hickman First, from a mental perspective, I never thought I ‘wasn’t’ a horse person. But I had slipped into a person that lives in a house near the city, works full-time, doesn’t own a horse (and last owned one in 1986), and last rode regularlyContinue reading “Care Leasing, Or How To Ease Back Into Riding, Guest Post”

Images Awareness of the outside world. U-Haul Offers Help to Quebec Families Affected by Construction Delays during COVID-19, April 2020. Why does this offer specify July 1? “Moving Day (French: jour du déménagement) is a tradition, but not a legal requirement, in the province of Quebec, Canada, dating from the time when the province usedContinue reading “Commercial Horses, Moving”

Words Since I don’t offer much content today, here is a book recommendation, one that made it out of the tsundoku pile. The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, written by Eleanor Janega, illustrated Neil Max Emmanuel (Icon 2021). Info from the author’s blog, Going Medieval: Sneak Peek: The Middle Ages, a Graphic History (out now!). [Additions]Continue reading “Generating Stories By The Luck Of The Throw”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Race is a fundraiser for Special Olympics New Jersey.~~~ The Virtual WalkLincoln Tunnel Challenge 5KDates, Official – September 1-30, 2021Date, Me – Sunday, September 19, 2021Place – Railroad Park & 18th Street Underpass.Distance – 3.2 miles = 5.15 kmTime – 1 hour, 2 minutesResults – None postedNote.Continue reading “Not Running The Not Tunnel, Walk Report, Virtual Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K”

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. Global Virtual Sleep Out. Hat tip to Team Breyer.~~~ One of my few foray’s into designer fashion is Laurel Burch. Laurel Burch socks from Carousel Tack Shoppe. I will neither confirm or deny whether coming up with this post prompted me to cavort madly through the LBContinue reading “Socks It To Me”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Hunting for Appalachiosaurus, apex predator of ancient Alabama, Pillion, Nov. 15, 2021.~~~ At my Hunter barn lesson last week, School Horse and I cantered(!) several laps of the outside crossrails. Go us! I was trying my darnedest not to interfere with my hands. [New Lesson Horse, Same Issues] AsContinue reading “That Moment When You Remember You Are On A School Horse”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. The article discusses cows in Arizona. Can horses elsewhere be far behind? Civil Eats: Could Climate Change Put an End to Arizona’s Alfalfa Heyday? Moran, September 15, 2021.~~~ Hay served. Rejected. Leftover hay on floor. Rejected. Uneaten hay in muck bucket. Accepted. Rodney does the same thing. Stay safe. StayContinue reading “Dubious Hay Snacks”