Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Introducting Shawlene, Handmade, Wearable Art

Images Celebrating Art   Awareness of the outside world. Tomorrow is World Pigment Day. Announcement. Instagram. The Pigment Timeline Project. ~~~ tldr: look at picture, admire shawl. Handwoven shawl by Jan Priddy from attached label #3 “Carnival” Warp 23″x72″ + fringes Handspun and handpainted merino For more information, Imperfect Patience, or contact, andpride@gmail.com Artist’s StatementContinue reading “Introducting Shawlene, Handmade, Wearable Art”

RomCom Plotlets, Fiction

Words   Awareness of the outside world. Happy Spring! timeanddate.com: Solstices & Equinoxes. ~~~ A collection of plots for & thoughts about romance novels ~~~ Why do romance novels rely so heavily on unlikely situations in order to generate drama? I don’t know about your dating life, but my had plenty of emotional turmoil withoutContinue reading “RomCom Plotlets, Fiction”

Repeating The River, Year of the Ox Challenge, Walks 7 and 8, Cahaba River Walk Park

Fit To Ride  Awareness of the outside world. The good. We had severe weather on Wednesday (that’s not the good part). I was impressed with the writing in one of the the warning posts. “Here are some important points about preparedness… (5 paragraphs of useful advice) “We don’t share this to scare anyone… we simplyContinue reading “Repeating The River, Year of the Ox Challenge, Walks 7 and 8, Cahaba River Walk Park”

Odds and Ends, Spring Is Springing

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse   Awareness of the outside world. Amplifier: #Vaccinated, Global Call for Art. ~~~ ~~~ The unique joy of being downwind of gray horse who is being groomed while shedding. I had to brush brown AND gray hair off of Rodney. ~~~ The horses were gleefully tearing into aContinue reading “Odds and Ends, Spring Is Springing”

Lunch In Front of the TV. Spoiled? Us?

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse Awareness of the outside world. My podmate was a) fully vaccinated, b) two weeks ago. He’s as armored as he’s going to get. So, he is ambassador to the rest of the world for now. Which means I’m not even going out to the few places I hadContinue reading “Lunch In Front of the TV. Spoiled? Us?”