Virtual Brush Box

Warts And All, Contest Entries & Fragmentary Fiction

Words Writing & Writing About Writing General These are my last contest entries for the foreseeable future. 1) I have a tendency to get interested in too many things. One tweet is small, but too many niggling drains on one’s concentration add up to distraction. I am trying to get better at maintaining focusContinue reading “Warts And All, Contest Entries & Fragmentary Fiction”

Screensaver Dreams

Photography For your entertainment. “‘I’m singing for them’: Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, recovering from coronavirus, now sings from his NYC apartment window to salute health care workers.” By Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, Apr 13, 2020. This song always gets me in the feels, even more so now. Click over for video.Continue reading “Screensaver Dreams”

Come Away With Me, Virtually

Fit To Ride New feature. A footer widget to track my virtual bike touring [Virtual Bling], see below. Route Report Finished Peru [Biking Virtually, Inca Trail]. Am now in the Southern Alps [Biking Virtually, New Zealand]. Having a blast. So it’s a mental construct. What isn’t? Ribbon Replacement I will admit to aContinue reading “Come Away With Me, Virtually”

Annoying Shortages Not Related To The Virus, But Of Course The Current Situation Makes Everything Worse

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. As it says on the tin. We have issues that have nothing to do with coronovirus. Nothing serious, just day-to-day horse management. Hay Because it’s easy to overlook the obvious, one reason we added alfalfa was because of a hay shortage. Coastal hasn’t been available in our areaContinue reading “Annoying Shortages Not Related To The Virus, But Of Course The Current Situation Makes Everything Worse”

Unintended Consequences

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Husband is WFH. He is WFH up at the barn. The horses are loving having a person with them for hours on end. Cookie fests. Timely hay snacks. Company to hang with. They are quite happy with the new arrangement. Me, not so much. I had notContinue reading “Unintended Consequences”

Shoeing at a Social Distance

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Verdict So much for our theory on Milton getting kicked [An Alternate Explanation]. Turns out it was a classic abscess. He picked up something that gradually worked its way up and out. Farrier says better to have them in the heel than the toe. Not asContinue reading “Shoeing at a Social Distance”

Throw Ink At It, The Calligraphic Coronavirus Chronicles

Lettering & Graphic Design, Celebrating Art “I realized from the beginning that I would continue to throw ink at the Coronoavirus and try to ‘wrestle this pandemic to the ground’ with my pens.” The Calligraphic Coronavirus Chronicles, page 1 Oregon Food Bank: Feed the need, plus a feast for your eyes. Cover imageContinue reading “Throw Ink At It, The Calligraphic Coronavirus Chronicles”