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Off Topic: 2 + 2 = 4

Caveat: Today’s subject is not about horses. For more non-equine subjects, see my other blog, Off Topic. Rodney’s Saga returns to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. (I wrote this dialogue a few years back as a paper for a graduate class in Modern Rhetorical Theory. Sidebar: at the first class meeting, we were asked to defineContinue reading “Off Topic: 2 + 2 = 4”

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 15, 2014March 14, 2014Posted inOff Topic

Foto Friday: Spotted Editing

Rodney’s Storage Posts: Spotted

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 14, 2014March 12, 2014Posted inHorses, Photography2 Comments on Foto Friday: Spotted Editing

Renewing The Offer

Increased mare care has led to an increase in barn books. These poor codexes (codexi?) have been taken to the barn and have suffered as paper naturally suffers in a barn environment. Condition ranges from almost okay to beyond sad. Some got read. Some are awful and I stopped. Either way, they are looking forContinue reading “Renewing The Offer”

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 13, 2014March 13, 2014Posted inBarn Life, Books7 Comments on Renewing The Offer

Fine. So Far.

Mathilda appears to be approaching status quo ante. Basically, arthritis had made her stiff in her left hind. She compensated by putting weight on her right hind. Last week, she strained her right hind. Ya can’t compensate with both. She seems to be coming to a workable arrangement of weight distribution. It’s not elegant, butContinue reading “Fine. So Far.”

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 12, 2014March 11, 2014Posted inHorse Care, Horses1 Comment on Fine. So Far.

Cat Wars

Lo, the mighty have fallen. Arthur, King of the Kittens, used to be a bully. He’d grump at all the cats, but the Siamese boys mostly ignored him. Ghost would take it personally. Ghost takes everything personally. So Arthur would go out of his way to beat up on Ghost. Arthur regularly showed up withContinue reading “Cat Wars”

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 11, 2014March 10, 2014Posted inCats & Dogs1 Comment on Cat Wars

Perusing the News

I bought a recent issue of The Chronicle of the Horse to see how it had changed. Back when I read it regularly, the magazine was still black and white inside with the orange and black masthead and an artist on the cover. It’s been a while. New names, color, updated layout, and more readableContinue reading “Perusing the News”

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 10, 2014March 9, 2014Posted inHorse Shows, Horses, Writing1 Comment on Perusing the News

Text Art: Magazine Letters

Sources: Inspired by rummaging through the archives for tomorrow’s post. If you are interested in seeing what I’ve done to date, Gallery: Text Art.

Posted byVirtual Brush BoxMarch 9, 2014March 8, 2014Posted inArt, Typography, Writing

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