Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Tile Museum, Travel Week, Day 4, Lisbon, Portugal, Guest Photos

Random Images   Intro, week: Do you feel like traveling? I feel like traveling. Let’s hear it for vicarious travel. Intro, today: Blog contributor & globetrotter Amy Vanderryn has once again come up aces [Archives]. Welcome Amy. ~~~ According to Amy, “It’s a very important part of Portugal’s history and one their people take withContinue reading “Tile Museum, Travel Week, Day 4, Lisbon, Portugal, Guest Photos”

Harvest of Giant Marshmallows, Travel Week, Day 3, Vermont, USA, Guest Photos

Random Images   Intro, week: Do you feel like traveling? I feel like traveling. Let’s hear it for vicarious travel. Intro, today: Roaming Reader [Archives]. ~~~   “In the United States, silage is more often fed to cattle than horses …. Horses are fed hay in the United States because the weather is typically dryContinue reading “Harvest of Giant Marshmallows, Travel Week, Day 3, Vermont, USA, Guest Photos”

A Man And His Horse, Travel Week, Day 2, Edinburgh, Scotland, Guest Photo

Random Images   Intro, week: Do you feel like traveling? I feel like traveling. Let’s hear it for vicarious travel. Intro, today: More from Jennifer Garlen, aka Virtual Virago. Welcome Jennifer. ~~~   The Wellington Monument on Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, Links “Wellington mounted on his favourite horse, Copenhagen.” National Records of Scotland: The DukeContinue reading “A Man And His Horse, Travel Week, Day 2, Edinburgh, Scotland, Guest Photo”

Shipshape, Travel Week, Day 1, Greenwich, England, Guest Photo

Random Images  Intro, week: Do you feel like traveling? I feel like traveling. Let’s hear it for vicarious travel. Intro, today: Travel photo by Jennifer Garlen, who blogs about classic movies at Virtual Virago. Welcome Jennifer. Horse posts on Virtual ViragoVirtual Virago: Stars of the Stands: Classic Hollywood at the Kentucky Derby MuseumVirtual Virago: ClassicContinue reading “Shipshape, Travel Week, Day 1, Greenwich, England, Guest Photo”

Totally Off Topic Brag

You are looking at one full month of successfully completed NYT Crossword puzzles. This took me YEARS to achieve. Go me! A while back, maybe 2010, I was in a headspace that did not provide enough concentration to read books. This left a significant hole in my leisure time. Blogs were popular but hadn’t exploded,Continue reading “Totally Off Topic Brag”

What To Write When You Don’t Know What To Write

Writing About Writing   A young violin student had a chance to play before a visiting maestro. He played his best piece. He put his heart and soul into the performance. Afterwards, he asked the maestro for his opinion. Is he good enough? Does he have what it takes? The maestro considered. Asked him toContinue reading “What To Write When You Don’t Know What To Write”