Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

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”

Awareness of the outside world. Yesterday was state poets. Today is state horses. Netstate.com: Official State Horses. ~~~ I managed to fail on a horse used for beginner walk lessons. I’m so proud. Not. Lesson at New Barn. Was too glum afterward to discuss next lesson or blog, so they remain anonymous. Cute little QuarterContinue reading “Well, That Lesson Did Not Go The Way I Hoped It Would, Other Horses”

Awareness of the outside world. I knew about the US Poet. I did not realize that states had official poets as well, Academy of American Poets: Current U.S. and State Poets Laureate. ~~~ Milton and Rodney. Embodied wind. Eating grass. Equine dichotomy. Links “April 17 is the day the whole world honors haiku.” The HaikuContinue reading “Horse Haiku”

Awareness of the outside world. Reuters: All set for Paris 2024 Games torch ceremony after sunny dress rehearsal, April 15, 2024 ~~~ Rodney – 8 miles this week, 8 miles totalMilton – 8 miles this week, 8 miles totalWednesday 10 April to Monday 15 April Virtual Tevis Cup 2024100 Miles in 100 Days10 April toContinue reading “Team Tortoise Takes Off, Virtual Tevis 2024”

Awareness of the outside world. “Taking down these statues and renaming schools is an effort to restore history, not erase it, Maizlish said.” Education Week: Richmond, Va., Schools Rename the Last of Their Confederate-Named Schools, Meisner 2023. ~~~ Baby birds! 10 April The picture I posted last week, above, was taken on March 20th. [WordlessContinue reading “Baby Birds, Barn Life”

Art of the outside world. Rick Paulus Calligraphy: The White House. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Think good thoughts for a friend stepping back into the show ring today. Go E! Ride that pony! You got this! ~~~ White and pink and new,Flowers unfold. Flowers fade;Memory preserves. My entry for the 38th Annual Sakura Festival & Haiku Contest, Saturday, March 23th, Tuscaloosa, AL USA. Sent inContinue reading “Sakura Festival Haiku, Poetry”