Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Views of the outside world. EarthCam: Top of the Rock & NYC Live Cam: Empire State Building. For giggles, ESB: Exhibits, scroll down to Kong. ~~~ Moving forward with post-production of photos. This month, pushing buttons as a way to ease into the process. Two from the color menu. One from the filter menu. [StepContinue reading “Pushing Buttons, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. Several cat foods have been recalled due to bird flu. Keep an eye out. I would assume that dog foods may follow. Ditto. ~~~ The good news is that Rose is speaking out more. The bad news is that she’s doing so because her needs have increased. Unfortunately, she beganContinue reading “Rose Finds Her Voice, Life With Dog”

Awareness of the outside world. Small candle. In weaning self from Audible, I signed up for Hearts of Space, an ambient music site. My card was declined for being “out of character.” Apparently, the banking bots think I am unmusical. They are not wrong. The last time I spent money on music, it was probablyContinue reading “Finding Color, Further Foot Follow Up”

Awareness of the outside world. “We know this is not a particularly satisfying answer in light of the many concerns that we have heard from you about our members who need to enter the United States and what they might encounter trying to cross the border.” Seattle2025: Statement From Worldcon Chair, Bond, March 20, 2025.Continue reading “Foot Follow Up, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Forbes: Do Boycotts Work? As Target’s Traffic Declines, Tesla And Others See Consumer Shifts, Melville, Mar 17, 2025. ~~~ Last Thursday night was below freezing, once again. Blankets. Drain the barn pipes and hoses. Hot water for drinks. Standard freeze protocol. Truthfully we blanket and serve hot water on chillyContinue reading “Once More Into The Freezer”

Awareness of the outside world. “There was no such thing as ‘handwriting’, even – because there was no such thing as ‘writing that wasn’t done by hand’. There was just ‘writing’.” Calligraphy Skills: History of calligraphy (and ‘calligraphy’) in Europe. ~~~ Process Notes We’ve all see fantastic, swoopy, swirly letter embellishments. Alas, these are not my forte.Continue reading “Square Flourishes, Graphic Design”

Before the dawn of the electronic age, all of the future devices had a meeting. Well, almost all. The computer keyboard was not there yet. The computer keyboard was taking its time. The computer keyboard knew it was going to to be big and wanted everything to be just right. When it got to theContinue reading “How The Computer Keyboard Got Its Numbers, Fiction”