Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Ketchikan Museums: Totem Heritage Center Exhibits. Description, Alaska.org: Totem Heritage Center. Also mentioned, Alaska DNR: Totem Bight State Historical Park and Alaska.org: Saxman Village Totem Park. ~~~ When I was kid,We had apartment cats.Orange, tuxedo, tabby, purry, furry.The beginning of a soft parade.Of the rest of my life. When IContinue reading “Totem Pets, Art”

🏴󠁵󠁳󠁡󠁫󠁿 🖥️ 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁡󠁫󠁿 She slid gratefully into her car. It was Friday! Work was over for the week! Time to head to Alaska! She synced her phone and hit play on the audio book for Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams (Dutton 2018).Continue reading “Going Virtually, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. “Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly … until you can learn to do it well.” Zig Ziglar. Reminds me of Zen Pencil: Ira Glass’s Advice For Beginners. (Which I have mentioned a time or two. Search box says 7 posts, making this #8. A coincidence that I had aContinue reading “Getting Started, State of the Fitness for February”

Horses of the outside world. Braymere Custom Saddlery: Max’s (2024) NaMoPaiMo, part one. Cute story about painting a model horse. The illustrations are intricate, model-sized dioramas. Amazing. ~~~ Repost, ASAC 2015. How was this 10 years ago? [Show Report] Back to now. Had a brilliant lesson at the beginning of last month. [Dissecting My Position,Continue reading “More Scheduling Shenanigans, That Is To Say, My Schedule Staging Shenanigans And Me Giving It the SideEye”

Awareness of the outside world. Changes to US Passport requiring assigned sex at birth. Comment period open until March 17. Official site, Federal Register: 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport. Explanation with links, Santa Cruz Pride: Comment on Proposed Passport Rule Change That Discriminates Against Transgender, Nonbinary and Intersex People.Continue reading “Reworking”

Awareness of the outside world. Happy Mardi Gras. Laissez les bons temps rouler. Mardi Gras has decoupled from Lent and become its own thing. Much like Halloween & All Saint’s Day. Not a particularly original thought, just one that strikes me each year. ~~~ Last week, I explained that our daily walk is back andContinue reading “Milton’s Position in The Parade, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Fish Doorbell season begins! ~~~ During Milton’s recent illness, the vet appeared to be amazed at the amount of poop that Milton was holding and how quickly it passed. [Spa Stay] We wonder if this is standard procedure for Milton’s digestive system. Perhaps his gut is a bit slow, which wouldContinue reading “Minding Milton’s Middle”