Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Scotland was the ‘murder capital of Europe’. Then it started treating violence like a disease, Livingston, 29 Jun 2026. ~~~ {Backstory. Each morning, people & horses go on team walk: one-mile, unmounted, & off-lead. Route is back and forth five times along one side of the pasture.} My magicContinue reading “Magic Counting Hands, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. More about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. I did not know this. Space.com: From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, Gohd, 26 August 2026. [All Aboard] ~~~ It’s Friday evening. I got nothing. Content creation is closed. Horses are good. No recent feedContinue reading “Status Remains Quo, Horsekeeping”

Art of the extremely outside world. “Sometimes Hubble Space Telescope data is best visualized through art.” NASA: Art of Hubble. Nancy Grace Roman was “NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ ” NASA: Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. Previous Hubble, images. [Lunar Eclipse] ~~~ My digital “boarding pass” for the Nancy GraceContinue reading “All Aboard, Art”

History of the outside world. Strange Horizons: Why All Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Are Historians, Palmer, 23 February 2026. ~~~ 1981. When President Reagan was shot, I heard the news as I walked into the student center in college. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum: Assassination Attempt. 1986. When the Challenger exploded, I rememberContinue reading “Witness to History, Where Were You When?, Non-Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. World Central Kitchen. ~~~ Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Once again, completed my survey for the Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study. As I said in April, the survey seems shorter. I assume (lot of assumptions in this post) that they want to make it as easy as possible on people so that we don’t wander away. [Milton Works atContinue reading “Watching Louisville 2026”

Awareness of the outside world. Grooms Podium! International Grooms Association: No More ‘Where’s Wally’? ~~~ Let me start by saying that a good horse is any color & the right horse is any breed. Given that, ya gotta start somewhere. The Standardbred was the closest we’ve come to bringing a horse home. The more timeContinue reading “Breeds for the Horse Search, with Bonus”