Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. Sally went from heading right at us to slipping south of us. We ended up with steady rain, gusty winds, and stormy horses. ~~~ Sometimes you need numbers to see that you are making progress. I don’t usually GPS bike rides. Either we ride a knownContinue reading “For The Record, Bike Stats”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. On Wednesday, still thinking about Sally. When your state is headlining on the national weather channel, it tends to focus your attention. Blogging note. A second post appeared erroneously yesterday. It belongs over in storage. Apologies to anyone who got an extra email. [Walking ToC]. ~~~Continue reading “Exercise In The Time Of The Virus”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Sally. Too much rain here. Not enough there. Ugh. ~~~   The ride is virtual. The lack of media is real. I have been dropping the ball on photos of our virtual ride. New phone, old clip-on. No problem.Continue reading “Virtual Media, Or Lack Thereof”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. County Island: Help for Critters in Northern California Fires. Book giveaway announcement. You get a book! And you get a book! There’s only two of you! Everybody gets a book! Giving out books is fun! This is why IContinue reading “The Reset, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Holding at Mile 61, September 2020”

Thoughts   “Predict the future. Use your turn signal.” bumper sticker “Everything else is speculation.” me   History books are all about patterns, i.e. because of X and Y, Z happened. Read enough books and you start to think that history is an inexorable march from point to point. That’s not how it looks fromContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Considering Historical Inevitability”

Photography   Awareness of the outside world. International Helmet Awareness Weekend. [Helmet post archives] ~~~     Stand during ride? Work in progress. Stand after we have crossed the finish line? As long as ya want. That’s the shadow of the mounting block/finish line off to the left. Stay safe. Stay sane. Katherine Walcott

Writing   Awareness of the outside world. International Helmet Awareness Day. [Helmet post archives] ~~~   Life on hold. Unknown. Drawbridge up. Riding at home. Circles in the field.   “He proposed a haiku exchange between the three cities, because human exchanges came to a screeching halt in 2020. It’s not a contest, he said,Continue reading “Horses At Home, A Haiku”