Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Words Awareness of the outside world. Book rx. Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey 2020). Ghastly premise. She makes it work. This from someone who does not enjoy ghastly. Only downside, the story pulled me along so thoroughly that I finished it in one day. Back to having nothing to read. Sigh. The curse ofContinue reading “Missed It By THAT Much, Almost A Boast”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Pondering the “plantation” situation got me thinking on the subject of mascots. When I showed up at college, we didn’t have one. The Indian symbol had been eliminated almost 10 years earlier. There was still much hand wringing andContinue reading “Jump Decor”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. “We’re happy to announce that October 1st, the day in which the first ever postcard was sent, will henceforth be known as World Postcard Day!” Postcrossing Blog: World Postcard Day — the day to celebrate postcards. World Postcard Day ~~~ Note. Third walk; first post. WaitingContinue reading “Strolling Along The Edges, Walk Report, Bronx Zoo Virtual 5K, September 2020, My Week of Walking 3 of 3”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. I have deliberately not followed the “plantation” brouhaha in eventing. I lack the bandwidth for horse-world drama at the moment. Respect your fellow humans. Change the name. Lose the mascot. Take down the statue. Move on. ~~~ We wentContinue reading “We Take A Small Hop Forward, Schooling at Falcon Hill Farm, September 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Awareness of the outside world. Whatever: What We Knew, What We Know, and Why It Matters. What he said. I would add that I get the sense Trump wants to win the reelection because it is a contest and he must be victorious in allContinue reading “The Figure Eight, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 67 through 71, September 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. We are making an effort to support local restaurants by getting more take-out, particularly from restaurants that are making effort to be safety compliant. ~~~ A while back, I informed the universe that I was open to a thirdContinue reading “Picking Classes For My Imaginary Horse”

Images   Awareness of the outside world. “Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man.” Wiki: Parable of the Good Samaritan. The message here is not simply to help people. The message is to help the people that you would not cross the street to spit on if they wereContinue reading “A Good Enough Selection, Postcrossing as of September 2020”