Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. From a potato chip of a science fiction novel that includes typing cats. “A bunch of dudes born into money who used that money to take advantage of other people to make even more money. It works great until they start believing that being rich makes them smart, and thenContinue reading “Rider Up”

Awareness of the outside world. Belated discovery. This swam across my radar during the Super Bowl coverage last weekend. NPR: NFL agrees to end race-based brain testing in $1B settlement on concussions, AP 2021. I am appalled and horrified. I also apologize for being surprised. People have been warning about entrenched reprehensible behavior for years.Continue reading “Shuffleboard at the Retirement Home, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. I was this many years old when I found out about Alabama in California. “The Alabama Hills are a formation of rounded rocks and eroded hills set at the base of the jagged peaks of the Sierra Nevada.” BLM: Alabama Hills. “Beginning in 1920, Hollywood filmmakers began to take anContinue reading “Yet Another Shoeing Record”

Awareness of the outside world. Bookplate.org: Ex Libris: The Art of Contemporary World Bookplates. [Guest Post: Amy Kilkenny on Equine Bookplates] ~~~ Two books, two stitch samplers, & a place card. The latter is brilliant, and should be standard for any class. Introduction To BookmakingDavid WestMakeBHMThursday 06 February 2025Class 1 of 4 Yes, this is exactlyContinue reading “One More For The Books, Book Making Class #1, Take 2”

🪄 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁡󠁫󠁿 🪄 Main Character: Alaska?! I’m an earth mage. Dispatcher: They have earth. MC: North of the Arctic Circle, they have permafrost, as permanently frozen. Disp: The frost is getting less perma. MC: Do NOT make climate change jokes to an earth mage. Disp: Fair enough. The problem is we need a mage whoContinue reading “You’ve Got To Go, Fiction Fragment”

Awareness of the outside world. Joined Costco. Company policies matter. ~~~ In my lesson before the show, I was completely out of breath after a lap or so of canter. Not merely winded, but actively puffing like a steam engine. Not good. [Days With Diego] Walking is going well. Everything else, not so much. IContinue reading “Walking Hither and Yon, State of the Fitness”

Awareness of the outside world. Two horse blogs with driving. A Collection of Madcap Escapades: Driving Photos & Cob Jockey: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…. ~~~ Tried, once again, to heave myself over the seemingly insurmountable hurdle of finding a hunter/jumper lesson. No dice. Stopped by barn to chat with folks. Wanted toContinue reading “Lesson Attempt”