Virtual Brush Box

Mood On Monday, Upside, At Least The Horses Are Happy

Thoughts, Horsekeeping, Training Journal Awareness of the outside world. During a televised horse race from the UK, one of the commentators said that some of the horses prefer racing in front of empty stands. Less noise? Less tension in the air? ~~~ Back on this side of the Atlantic, our horses are adapting wellContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Upside, At Least The Horses Are Happy”

Word of the Week, Question Mark

Lettering & Graphic Design Awareness of the outside world. Graphic designers create shareable art to combat the virus and spread the message, United Nations COVID-19 Response Creative Content Hub. ~~~ Because what isn’t a ? these days? Process Notes. Background from working my way down the font menu in Inkscape. Foreground. Instead ofContinue reading “Word of the Week, Question Mark”

Dark Journal, First Entry, Fiction Fragment

Words Awareness of the outside world. Happy 4th in the US. Happy Saturday to the rest of you. Celebrate! At home! Stay safe. Stay sane. Katherine Walcott ~~~ I’ve been set up to fail. I spent today riding the subway back and forth through the Essex Street station. Ride downtown. Switch trains. Ride uptown.Continue reading “Dark Journal, First Entry, Fiction Fragment”

A Herd of Horseless Postcrossings

Photography & Vicarious Travel Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. Taking yesterday off rendered me fretful and lethargic rather than rested and productive. To quote Scalzi, again, “Well, the first two decades of 2020 are done.” Whatever: Five Things: July 1, 2020. ~~~ I took the horse request off of my PostcrossingContinue reading “A Herd of Horseless Postcrossings”

Pretty Potty

Random Images The world is vast & weird. Wednesday morning. Heavy thunderstorms rolling in. Putting up a reserve post and turning off my computer. Life in the country. If this is still up on Thursday, we had bad weather all day. Or I spent the day binge reading Hugo Award nominees and never gotContinue reading “Pretty Potty”

Expanding the Question, Contact Lenses While Riding

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Awareness of the outside world. Lion’s Club: Eyeglass Recycling Centers. I know nothing about this program other that what is here and what I see on the signs at my eye docs. Internet lists several more, although at least one has paused for theContinue reading “Expanding the Question, Contact Lenses While Riding”

I See That

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Awareness of the outside world. Eventing Nation Announces 1st Annual $1,000 Diversity Scholarship. Posted here to a) boost the signal and b) recognize Eventing Nation for finding a way to use their wheelhouse. Update. Commenters have raised objections that it is not much moneyContinue reading “I See That”