Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Thoughts   Awareness of the outside world. Encyclopedia Britannica: Apollo 11 landing from PDI to Touchdown. YouTube. The historic video and audio with subtitles and explanatory captions. Chokes me up every time, “We copy you down …” ~~~ Another one to read in five years. I think a small part of me held tight toContinue reading “Mood on Monday, When This Is Over”

Celebrating Art   Awareness of the outside world. “My existence is not a difference of opinions.” Being Black in the horse world & the model horse world. Kristian Beverly: All Parts Of Me. Also, check out Kristian’s mural, About. From here, I believe, Cupboard Maker Books. Mural, bookstore cats, Novik in the display pile. WannaContinue reading “An Exercise in Green”

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”