Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Today. PBS: WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address, Barajas, Feb 20, 2026. How to watch, with notice of additional coverage. ~~~ A few days of three laps for the morning walks. Once again due to my health. This time from internal distress. Mild but enervating.Continue reading “Where We Are Going, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. YouTube: J t’accuse by Suzanne. Not an easy song. Which is the point. Translations available online. A video with English subtitles is on Instagram. ~~~ Rodney got too much food. Again. He’s an older horse, a hard keeper, and a selective eater. It’s a thin line between keeping weight onContinue reading “Hay Frolics, Adventures in Horsekeeping”

Comics of the outside world. The UK has one, LICAF: The UK Comics Laureate, as does the state of Vermont, CCS: Tillie Walden To Be Appointed Vermont’s Fifth Cartoonist Laureate. [People & Pets] ~~~ Transcript (Each square is an hour, time indicated by clock faces.) Marginalia: Hourly Comics Day, 8 Feb 2026 Hour: before 6Continue reading “Hourly Comics Day 2026, Graphic Art”

Writing of the outside world. Origin story for A Year in Provence. Mayle moved to France to work on a novel. “Months later, he wrote his agent a long letter explaining his lack of progress on his fiction by detailing the tribulations of dealing with the French. ‘Do another 250 pages of that,’ his agentContinue reading “Attempting To Laugh At Myself, Non-Fiction Writing”

Videography of the outside world. AP News: The cameraman who skates backward to capture Olympic triumph and defeat, Barry, February 16, 2026. ~~~ Fortune’s FiligreeSchleich: Limited-Edition Lunar New Year Horse A new blog photo personality. Bought from the same breeding program as Spotted. [Spotted in Boston] I don’t know how much action Filigree will see.Continue reading “Fortune’s Filigree, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. Boston.com: New England Aquarium builds retirement home for aging penguins, Rousseau 2025. Hat tip G. ~~~ Which discipline? The Story I Tell, First Iteration Saddle seat was always meant to be a temporary fix. Coach Courtney has known this from the beginning. [Suiting Up] 2013 “If I could jump, I’dContinue reading “Saddle Seat versus Jumping, The Potato Salad Theory”

Awareness of the outside world. Lent I know about. Ramadan, not so much. (Old Farmer’s) Almanac: Ramadan 2026: When is Ramadan? What is Ramadan? Boeckmann, February 5, 2026. ~~~ Weekly lessons with schoolhorse/schoolmaster Goldy. [The Lessons Continue] In the last week, we ticked minor milestones. + Cantered a course of poles. + Jumped a fenceContinue reading “The Progress Continues, Jumping”