Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

The sad news first. Come back tomorrow if you’re having a rough day. ~ ~ ~ Shortly after my last post, Jasmine passed away in her sleep. Spent the day asleep. Was gone by the evening. Quiet as could be. Not even a twitch or a squeak at the end. Can’t say it came asContinue reading “The Bad and The Good, Life with Dogs”

Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. Apparently the new year did not bring riotous amounts of new energy. Feeling dark and cold. Much like the weather. ~~~ Back to work. Kinda. Sorta. After an unplanned break of several months, both horses are back at work. Sorta. Kinda. They have worn bridles. Rodney gotContinue reading “Workish”

Awareness of the outside world. Helpful? Harmful? It’s complicated? Fodor’s No List 2025, Fifteen destinations to reconsider in 2025, Fodor’s Editors, November 13, 2024. ~~~ New configuration for morning walks. I call them walks 2.0. Medical advice has Milton’s walker keeping weight off a foot. So, he sits at the far end of the pastureContinue reading “Version 2.0, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. The Big Picture: Surviving the Next Four Years, The Big Picture and Jay Kuo, Dec 24, 2024. Useful activist advice for any time. If you don’t want to sign up, look for the small print “no thanks” to click thru. ~~~ Happy Birthday As Thoroughbreds, both horses age up onContinue reading “What’s Been Happening With The Home Team”

Art of the outside world. V&A. This was my favorite museum in London. ~~~ My newest alphabet will be colorwork. The project is based on the historic embroidery technique of blackwork. The plan. Draw outline of letter. Fill-in with blackwork-style patterns. To start, the interior patterns will be iterations of the letter. That may change.Continue reading “Colorwork Alphabet Introduction, Art”

Awareness of the outside world. “Whenever I’ve had a little TV spot here in the States, the reporter has never read SF, though the cameraman always has.” Sidelines: Talks and Essays by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum 2013), in Travel Memoirs, Croatia, April 2002. Note date. I wonder if this has changed. ~~~ How to keepContinue reading “Considering Content, State of the Blog”

Awareness of the outside world. “The glass-bottomed, 1,312-foot long (400-meter) walkway, perched 1,000 feet (304 meters) above the floor of the Sunwapta Valley.” Columbia Icefield Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Would you? Hard pass over here. ~~~ Altadena Valley ParkVestavia HillsBirmingham, AL USADecember 2024 This is the third former golf course inContinue reading “Last Walk of 2024, In Which I Encounter A Social Trend, A Fitness Post”