Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Words   Micro Fragment I I hate magic. Breaking news. Magic is real. Every urban fantasy novel you’ve ever read has come to life. So what? As far as I can tell, magic is simply another way for people to be terrible to each other. Someone kills you with a gun or someone kills youContinue reading “Magic Is Real, Now What? Fiction Micro Fragments”

Random Images The world is vast & weird.   Awareness of the outside world. As of 5pm yesterday. “Alabamians must wear a mask when within 6 feet of a person from another household; in an indoor space open to the public; … or an outdoor public space where 10 or more people are gathered.” AL.com:Continue reading “Pretty Picture, A Postcrossing Parade, Plus One”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Pay it forward. I will adopt 6″ of trail for every mile completed. If they both finish, I will adopt 100 feet of trail. The trail should have a future, even if I never set foot on it. Adopt-the-TrailContinue reading “The Tevis Sippy Cup”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. I’ve run out of words for appalled. If you are reading this from elsewhere in the world and are wondering what exactly the US is thinking, I don’t know what to tell you. I live hereContinue reading “Let The Morning Rides Begin”

Travel, of a sort   Awareness of the outside world. Upside of a weekend away: virtual vacation. Downside of a weekend away: the alarming psychic thud of returning to the wider world. ~~~ Woo-Hoo! I’ve done BF! Spent the weekend (virtually) roaming Kentucky Horse Park. Plastic Ponies! People! Seminars! Shopping! Much fun was had! UpsideContinue reading “I Came, I Saw, I Sat On The Couch, Show Report, Virtual BreyerFest 2020”

Thoughts Awareness of the outside world. As has been my habit lately, Mondays are about pondering the moment we all find ourselves in. All really means all this time. I wonder if this qualifies as the first truly global event. ~~~ Woo-Hoo! I’ve done BreyerFest! Spent the weekend (virtually) roaming Kentucky Horse Park. Plastic Ponies!Continue reading “Mood On Monday, Upside, Hard To Be Happy”

Celebrating Art   Awareness of the outside world. “That electric blue that all of us dream of pinning on our horses’ bridles.” Calling All Horse Girls: One In Six Hundred and Sixteen, by July Urschel. No, I’m chopping onions. Why do you ask? ~~~ Recent Additions. Thank you to Identify Your Breyer: for the model/moldContinue reading “Carpet Herd 2020”