Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Texas. With the added unpleasant wrinkle of the snitch factor. ~~~ Question: How does Rodney feel about flags? We know he gets anxious with standards. Flags could go either way. Another form of standards or something completely different, and therefore not scary. Answer: Flags NBD. Cross-Country Schooling at FullContinue reading “The Flag Question, XC Schooling”

Horsekeeping Work. One from the vaults. Awareness of the outside world. “Four billion people — almost two thirds of the world’s population —  experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.” UNICEF: Water Scarcity.~~~ Put an elastic bracelet around your pump handle/hose faucet/whatever. When you turn on the hose, put the bracelet onContinue reading “Hose Reminder, Revisited”

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. The cognitive dissonance is strong. In one corner, cheering for my friends. For people who have welcomed me, have been good to me, have given me a barn home, which is no small thing. In the other corner, being appalled at the sea of maskless faces crowdingContinue reading “Watching Louisville 2021”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Lots of nasty in the news: Afghanistan, Ida, and so on. I have not commented here because a) you are already well aware of it, & b) I have nothing to add to the conversation other than ‘Ick’. [Taking a Poll]~~~ With an average speed of 2 mph, ourContinue reading “Wandering Along At A Walk, Virtual Tevis, 71 & 63 Miles, 38 Days”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. The Last Word On Nothing: The Finkbeiner Test: A Tool for Writing About Women in their Professions Aschwanden 2017. TLWON: What I’m Not Going to Do Finkbeiner 2013.~~~ Rodney: Rider on. Cookie now? Me: Yes, I have your cookie. You have to wait until everyone is ready to go.Continue reading “Cookie Conversation”

Images Awareness of the outside world. What you can find when spend way too long down the rabbit hole. A screenshot of my father in Time magazine, March 12, 1965. Related, Yale Alumni Magazine: Throwback Thursday: the campus awakes, Branch, 2015. ~~~ ~~~Process notes. I was this-week years old when I figured out that pullingContinue reading “Blog Logo, Bell Serifs”

Blogging About Blogging Awareness of the outside world. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.~~~ In an effort to bring balance to my interests, I tried a 100-day challenge. The thinking is that if you do something for 100 days, it will become an ingrained part of your life. I chose daily art. IContinue reading “State of the Blog, Weekly Art”