Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Water here. No water there. To stay updated, U.S. Drought Monitor website.~~~ Forecast for the show on the day before. Flash flood watch, Chance of rain 85%. Bumped up to 100% by Friday evening. Remember the show a week ago? That I didn’t go to? That got postponed?Continue reading “Or Not To Show”

Images, Lettering Awareness of the outside world. EarthSky: Why hottest weather isn’t on longest day, Byrd, 2019.~~~ Process notes. Today’s project was Gradient. Radial gradient for sun; linear gradient for hot. Inkscape. Letters drawn on grid with Bezier pen. Not exciting shapes, but a) more original than starting with a font, & b) this wasContinue reading “Summer Words”

Words How did you come to write Rage Anthem? I was in a bad place. I’d had some personal reversals and I was watching way too much news. That was right around the time of the Florida Riots and I knew people who had gotten caught up in them. I hated the human race. So,Continue reading “Rage Anthem, A Fictional Author Interview”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Tokyo Olympics. Would you go? As an athlete? A volunteer? A spectator? Assuming costs covered, qualified, etc. etc. Me? I’ve been vaccinated. I trust the science. I would feel personally safe to go. However, I would be concerned about the burden on the host country. The Guardian: In JapanContinue reading “Milton’s Meals”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. I suspect the people who are getting their knickers in a twist over CRT (see yesterday) are conflating it with the 1619 Project. Personally, I’m all for teaching the full story. Politically, I am having a hard time seeing the NYT as a hotbed of subversive discourse. TheContinue reading “Extending The Sweet Gum Branch”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. “Critical Race Theory … is an academic movement … seek to critically examine the law as it intersects with issues of race …” Wiki: CRT. If we are going to argue about it, at least know what it is. “I’ve taught in American law schools for 30 yearsContinue reading “Let The Summer Hours Begin”

Horsekeeping/Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. You feel strongly. The issue is a dealbreaker. What do you do about people who are not on the side of the angels? If you continue the association, are you empathizing with a fellow human or betraying everything you hold dear? If you cut them off, are youContinue reading “In Which Rodney Finds Out That Things Come At A Price”