Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Trust for Public Land: 2025 City Park Facts. ~~~ Railroad ParkBirmingham AL USAApril 2025 Everything you could want in a city park. Foreground: grass, trees, walkway. Midground: railroad cars passing by, hence Railroad Park. Background: big buildings. A park resident with loot and onlooker. Birding expert Christoper Joe identified theContinue reading “Scenes from a City Park, Photography”

Horses of the outside world. Calgary: Mounted Patrol Unit, about our mounted patrols and the horses. Hat Tip T. ~~~ Post-show lesson. As I said, I want to stay with it. [Show Report, Other Horses] However. I will never get used to Saddlebred ears. “Perhaps body language is one reason for the Saddlebred’s hyper reputation amongContinue reading “Ears Up!”

Awareness of the outside world. It has been pointed out to me that fantasy art defaults to figures that are white, thin, young, conventionally attractive, and visibly able-bodied. A) True, & B) I did not notice this until it was pointed out. Hat tip to D. ~~~ I’ve said that saddle seat will remain aContinue reading “Expanding the Home Team, At Some Point”

Awareness of the outside world. It has been pointed out to me that folks in marginalized groups get really tired of having to do Race 101, or Trans 101, or so on. It’s not their job to educate everyone with whom they come in contact, no matter how well-intentioned the questioner. I have a friendContinue reading “Accommodating Mud Season, Walking Along”

Awareness of the outside world. This Friday. Virtual, but the organizing institution is local to me. The Wallace Center for Arts & Reconciliation, The Legacy of Emancipation Today: A Virtual Discussion on the Legacy of Emancipation on American Society, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT. Friday, May 30, 2025. If you are not QR code enabled, youContinue reading “Accommodating Mud Season, Moving The Starting Line”

Material Art of the outside world. The Brothers Brick: Istanbul’s Blue Mosque looks magnificent in LEGO microscale. ~~~ Turkish Classic Peshtemal Bath Towels & an Ayla Pashminalittle Istanbul GiftsBurlington, VT USA Sticker from my package. Current online class, UC Graham: From Istanbul to Cairo: The City in the Historical Novels of the Middle East. Onwards!Katherine

Important Tourist Sites are often religious buildings. Sometimes, services are in progress. One tries to be quiet and respectful and not stare too much. When I go to New York City, I try to stop by the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Depending on my schedule, sometimes I go for services, sometimes I goContinue reading “The Other Side of the Fishbowl, Non-Fiction Short”