Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. Election day in the U.S. Update. I voted. I chose to vote on the day to boost the immediate, inarguable results. I predicted that my small, white, rural polling station would not be the scene of crowds or disturbances. I was correct. Short line that moved fast.Continue reading “The Temporary Pull at Mile 92, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 91 to 94, October and November 2020”

Sunday afternoon, we have power! Yay!! Kermit Dance!!! OTOH, while the house has power, I don’t. Long weekend. Lacking the oomph to finish the planned post. Here’s one from the vault. ~~~ Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoy the Drive   [Foto Friday: SSF Fun Show Photos] For a while I drove a horse named Big.Continue reading “Horses, Humans, Not So Different”

Because what this house needs right now is LESS light. Not. Here’s what our power company had to say, as of Saturday afternoon: Your Power is: OFF Estimated Repair Time:11:45PM CST on 11/02/2020 That’s tomorrow night. Five days total. Chart above is three days in. Power company update is actually an improvement. Before, they were sayingContinue reading “Adieu Evening Light, We Shall Miss You”

Still in the dark and desktopless. Still blogging by phone. Bumping plans for the fancy costume post ahead to next year. Card by Papyrus. Art by Hanna Melin. ~~~ Process notes. First photo editing by phone. Second phone post. First photo & link to post by phone. Progress, but only b/c I was forced intoContinue reading “A Card For You, Halloween 2020”

Blogging by phone. Gaaa. I don’t know how people do it. Power outage courtesy of TS Zeta. Wednesday was a long night of watching the cone head straight for us. People, pets, and property all fine. Now, we sit in dark rooms, operating by the phone and flashlight, waiting for the grid to recuperate.

Random Image, Holiday, Photography   Awareness of the outside world. Chicago Ducky Derby. I missed this year. Have a note to self for 2021. Benefits Special Olympics Illinois. Environmental note, ducks are collected and reused. ~~~ Happy Rubber Ducky Day!   A peacock duck because we could all use some glamour right about now. ~~~Continue reading “Rubber Ducky Day 2020”

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. Dover catalog Fall 2020. Plus points for racial diversity. Minus points for lack of gender, size, age, or adaptive diversity. ~~~ Blogging note. I usually post VTevis updates on Tuesday. This one got bumped back a day when the Monday post became the Monday & Tuesday posts.Continue reading “The Tack Change II, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 86 to 90, October 2020”