Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. “If you want to help your child’s immune system, get them vaccines and a puppy.” Your Local Epidemiologist: Kids don’t need to get sick to be healthy, Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD, Apr 18, 2024. ~~~ Dogs are fine. Status is quo. [Shifting From Low to High} Rose took a tripContinue reading “I Owe My Cat An Apology, Other Animals”

Awareness of the outside world. Today is the jog at Rolex. Hey, I’m wallowing in the past over here. I can call it anything I want. [Peregrinatio in Stabilitate] ~~~ Being grumpy today. May want to come back tomorrow. Let us posit three categories of horse activity. Well, that sucked pond water! The bad day,Continue reading “Cumulative Effect”

Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Top US colleges struggle with widening Gaza protests, FitzGerald & Debusmann Jr, 22 April 2024. Lawyers, Gun & Money: No appeasement goes unpunished, Lemieux, April 22, 2024. ~~~ Rodney – 10 miles this week, 18 miles totalMilton – 9 miles this week, 17 miles totalTuesday 15 April to MondayContinue reading “Day By Day, Virtual Tevis 2024”

Awareness of the outside world. Earth Day. ~~~ The birds have grown and gone! The soon-to-be graduates. Timeline Started at the beginning because I was confused. Scroll down for new pics & nest report. 20 March. Took photos. This one was not posted, shows location. POST Wed 10 April. First nest photo. Because of post,Continue reading “News From The Nest, Barn Life”

Art of the outside world. Sheet music portraits that play as music. Sympawnies. Sales page but a good way to see the images. Music available on YouTube: Sympawnies by Noam Oxman. I know zip about music & am impressed. I suspect if you actually understood what was happening, you would be amazed. ~~~ What canContinue reading “Designing With The Crossword Puzzle Grid, Graphic Art”

Words of the outside world. “By that logic, you can score a word based on how well it narrows down the solution space. This turns out to be a difficult problem to figure out whether you have solved it optimally, making it exactly the kind of problem that computer scientists love.” Life Hacker: Science ThinksContinue reading “Weekend of Words, American Crossword Puzzle Tournament 2024, Non-Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. Progress has a cost. The Atlas of Drowned Towns, Recovering the Histories of Inundated Communities. Project description, BSU: Professor aims to catalog ‘drowned towns’ of the American West, 2020. Site specific, News One: The Black Town Under Lake Martin: A Father & Son’s Dream Of Greatness, Morris 2022. ~~~ HwyContinue reading “Bridge, Photography”