Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box
Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art
McKinley‘s horses, including Greatheart in Beauty, may be wish-fulfillment but have enough barn odor to be engaging. I’ve never warmed to characters that are shaped like horses but do not act like horses. Well, except for the robot horse Fess in The Wizard In Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff [Ace 1982]. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dinner byContinue reading “Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art”
Foto Friday: Drops
There Is No Control-Z for Reality
Blogging commentary for July & August. In his song “Online“, Brad Paisley sings about a lonely guy whose sauve index increases exponentially when he communicates through a keyboard: ’cause even on a slow day I can have a three way Chat with two women at one time I’m so much cooler online At one point,Continue reading “There Is No Control-Z for Reality”
A Sorry Sight
Deep sigh.
Lips!
Science fiction, double-feature …. sorry, that was another life. I used to groom for and ride a friend’s hyper-kinetic little mare [pictured here]. In order to maintain a vestige of control, she went in a figure-8 noseband over fences. She’d get hysterically excited before a cross-country trip or a jumping round, but the only wayContinue reading “Lips!”
Patient Update
A few friends have asked after Mathilda & it occurs to me that I have not given a full patient report in a while. If you saw Mathilda for the first time now, you’d be horrified. She’s skinny. She stands oddly. However, if you had seen her four months ago, you’d think she looks stellar.Continue reading “Patient Update”
Virtual Brush Box 