Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. “Cranksgiving is a food drive on two wheels.” Cranksgiving. Over 100 rides thoughout the US, taking place September to November. We are going to try. Means I need to get back on a bicycle. ~~~ I’m terrible with names. I worked with a guy named Don. I called him DanContinue reading “Greeting Whatsername”

Awareness of the outside world. Will Tell Stories For Food: How to Research a Local Political Race. 2022. WTSF is the blog of author Naomi Kritzer. ~~~ I’m starting to share in Rodney’s delusions. He thinks he is a fancy, retired, champion show horse. He likes to rest on the laurels of his past greatness. “AsContinue reading “Living In An Alternate Past”

Awareness of the outside world. “Health issues in wives significantly increase divorce, particularly in older couples.” Psychology Today: What’s Behind a Shocking New Divorce Pattern. Sills, May 16, 2025. An unpleasant topic. I’ve forwarded the article twice recently, which means it’s probably worth sharing here. We’re fine. The people I talked to are fine. ItContinue reading “On Lead and Off Lead, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. “Importantly, modern identity labels (gay, trans) didn’t exist in the 1400s so we don’t know what labels these people would’ve chosen … but … as long as I keep getting undergrads in my classroom whose educations-so-far left them with the impression homosexuality didn’t exist between Socrates and Oscar Wilde (sigh)Continue reading “Summer Shoes”

Art plan did not eventuate. Have a cat. Pamplemousse (Moose)April 2025 Onwards!Katherine

Table of Contents for class posts plus tidbits that did not fit in elsewhere. Online class, UC Graham: From Istanbul to Cairo: The City in the Historical Novels of the Middle East. Cairo Tidbits The Taste of Egypt had a shirt that says, Welcome Thursday in Arabic. Took me a minute. Answer below. BBC: TheContinue reading “City Class Final, List of Posts”

Photography of the outside world. Are you old enough to remember when Glamour Shots was big? An undated website lists a store in Texas and one in New Jersey. Glamour Shots: Locations. “Glamour Shots® was considered the first in the industry showing customers their proofs on a monitor right after their session and allowing themContinue reading “Grub Gets a Glamour Shot, Photography”