Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Starting tomorrow, Flights of Foundry, a speculative fiction convention. Interdisciplinary | Virtual | Global. Also free. Hat tip Cislyn Smith & shout out to co-convention chair Jessica Eanes / Anaea Lay (IRL/pen name). ~~~ Photo of Rose because Jas gets all the press. We have changed Jasmine’s water dish fromContinue reading “The Water Obstacle, Life With Dogs”

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Awareness of the outside world. St. Louis National Charity Horse Show Saddlebred Week starts tomorrow. Per program, no Jumpers? No Working Hunter? Sad face. Even if I have no way of doing it, it’s nice to see it being done. ~~~ Walking continues. [The Conversation] Feet continue to be good. Seven weeks again. [Circulation Considerations]Continue reading “The Muttering, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Yes, it’s amusing. It’s also important. “It also means we’re allocating the wrong amounts of money to plan hospitals to take care of old people in the future. Your insurance premiums are based on this stuff.” The Conversation: ‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’Continue reading “Auto Ordering Is Out of Control, Or Not”

Art of the outside world. The Guardian: Lace-inspired murals celebrating European folk traditions – in pictures, Ahmed 2023. ~~~ Addendum to a previous post. [Repeating Nine Patch] Original image. When I saw the published post, I realized that this one was missing some of the internal lines. While it was not consistent with the otherContinue reading “Nine Patch Redux, Art”

Books of the outside world. Reading is “bringing ink to life in your imagination.” Full Speed to a Crash Landing, by Beth Revis, (Daw 2024). The author is thanking the reader. Full quote, “I truly appreciate your magic in bringing ink to life in your imagination.” Acknowledgements. ~~~ I signed up for a class. FirstContinue reading “What Is Personal Narrative, Thoughts Before A Class”

Photography of the outside world. Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Hat tip to L. ~~~ Dock at Beeswax CreekShelby County AL USASeptember 2024 Technical Details Dock, f/8.0, 1/100 sec., 66.0 mm, ISO 100. Manual mode & auto-focus. Post production: resized, border, & watermark. No cropping. Border colors. Gray for project, yellow forContinue reading “Dock at Beeswax Creek, Photography”