Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Riding, Or Not Awareness of the outside world. In Canada, “The province is back in a modified lockdown … our gathering limit is five people indoors and ten outside, and restaurants, gyms and other businesses like that are closed again, and all others have capacity limits back in place, again.” Yarn Harlot: Second verse, sameContinue reading “Rodney’s Goldilocks Vacation”

Images PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri, Color of the Year 2022 Onwards!Katherine

Words About Words, Blogging About Blogging Interesting bits from the outside world. Wordle – A daily word game, created by Josh Wardle. Origins thereof, Boston.com: He made Wordle for his partner. Now it’s an online hit. Daniel Victor, New York Times Service, January 4, 2022. ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ~~~ “Perfect is the enemy of good.” Voltaire, amongContinue reading “State of the Blog, Thoughts On Fiction”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Took a news blackout yesterday. My outrage meter is already pegged in the red zone. A day of hand-wringing and justification and other people’s outrage would increase neither peace nor progress. Blackout didn’t help. Turns out that sheltering yourself leaves you very conscious that there is somethingContinue reading “Pottering Around The Pasture, State Of The Fitness, December”

Dogs and cats living together … MASS HYSTERIA! Awareness of the outside world. Epiphany used to be one of my favorite holidays. It’s hard to celebrate wise men today. [Feast]~~~ Where did all my pets go? Two blog readers who know me IRL mention that the cats have disappeared from the blog. We are stillContinue reading “Where Did They Go? Pet Update”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Ancient Alabama, part eight, “Designated as the Stephen C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site … The old mine is one of the best sites in the world to discover the tracks of animals from the Coal Age.” AL.com: Alabama’s ancient coal swamps were a hot, sticky mess of giant treesContinue reading “Trailer Decoration”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “Boston wastewater makes all the past waves seem almost flat. It is hard to comprehend.” Paul Bleicher @pbleic Dec 30, 2021. Hat tip, YLR: State of Affairs: Jan 3. Source, MWRA: Wastewater COVID-19 Tracking. ~~~ You are marveling at the reflection of sky and clouds in the shiny cleanContinue reading “Clean & Shiny”