Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Words   Awareness of the outside world. From the bookshelf, all by P. Djèlí Clark. “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” (Tor 2016) text & “The Haunting of Tram Car 015” (Tor 2019) excerpt. Looking forward to *A Master of Djinn* coming out in 2021. ~~~ An addition to an earlier fragment. You might want startContinue reading “Quantum Truck II, Fiction”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. NPS: Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation: Route 66, Route 66 The Road Ahead Partnership. ~~~ Another member of Team Peachtree weighs in. Welcome Amy, Quiver, XO, and Atticus, [archives]. [Virtual Kicks On Route 66] ~~~ I was doing some walking anyway.Continue reading “Virtual Kicks On Route 66, Guest Post”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. “World Toilet Day is a United Nations Observance that celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.” UN Water: World Toilet Day. ~~~ Team Peachtree has finished virtually walking and biking Route 66, all 2280 miles. OfContinue reading “Virtual Kicks On Route 66”

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. How do I feel about a woman as VP? Well, I’m old enough to remember the symbolism of the Billie Jean King/Bobbie Riggs tennis match. So, I’d say, ‘Holy Shit!’ just about covers it. Billie Jean King: Battle of the Sexes. ~~~ On sunny days, I amContinue reading “Going Around and Around, On My Horse and In My Head”

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. Calling all bloggers. Gift exchange registration ends this Friday, November 20. Alberta Equest: Blogger Secret Santa 2020. ~~~ Overall This looks familiar. [An Alternate Explanation] Back in March, Milton came up lame after a rainstorm. He presented as lame. We treated him as such. He got sound.Continue reading “The Replay, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Milton, Miles 93 to 95, November 2020”

Thoughts   I have not gotten phobic about public restrooms, but I find myself using them less. I’ll continue toward home when I might have stopped at a convenience store before. If we take the truck somewhere for a bike ride, I don’t rehydrate until we are headed home. The biggest change is that IContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Public Restrooms”

Images   It is too easy to dwell in the past. It is too easy to dread the future. It is too easy to pine for places I can’t go. It is too easy to forget the good. ~~~ Process Notes. Another exercise in drawing to a grid. Was supposed to be diamondy and gemlike.Continue reading “Motto For The Moment”