Books – Virtual Brush Box

The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post

Writing & Writing About Writing Nell Parsons is the student of a friend of mine. They sensibly figured that I would be a natural choice to review a horse book. Unfortunately, I wrote book reviews professionally for many years and currently have no enthusiasm for the form. Instead, I offered her a space toContinue reading “The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post”

Bold As Brass, National Horse Brass Society 2019, 2020

Driving The National Horse Brass Society, UK. Leather martingales by Cox the Saddler. [It Beats A Membership Sticker, NHBS 2018] [National Horse Brass Society 2016] [NHBS] I don’t know of a parallel US association. Am I missing something? Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

City Letters

Celebrating Art The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper Kate Ascher, BuroHappold, Columbia (Penguin 2011) Those interested in such topics will be glad to note that Heights has a segment on sustainability. Cover from the web. While we are in this drawer of the card catalogue: Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures RomaContinue reading “City Letters”

Have You Read This? Inspiration

From The Bookshelf Series Intro I know the feeling of finding a good book. I want to spread the joy. Not reviews. Imagine we are in a bookstore. I wander up to you, hand you one of these books, say ‘Have you read this one?’, then wander off. Whereupon you look at the cover,Continue reading “Have You Read This? Inspiration”

Tsundoku Additions

Training Journal Tsundoku is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. Wiki Now that I am riding my own horses (Kermit Dance!), I am back in the land of schooling myself, with the help of my eagle-eyed groundperson. To inspire us, I bought several booksContinue reading “Tsundoku Additions”

Have You Read This? Graphic Novel Edition

Off Topic, From The Bookshelf Not reviews. Imagine we are in a bookstore. I wander up to you, hand you one of these books, say ‘Have you read this one?’, then wander off. Whereupon you look at the cover, turn it over, look at the back cover, read the blurb, flip through the book,Continue reading “Have You Read This? Graphic Novel Edition”

Check Out My New Page

Blogging About Blogging Update: Feature deleted. It was becoming one more thing to keep track of & wasn’t going anywhere. Easy or productive, pick one. Both would be nice. Neither is a no go. Former page text appended below. I added a new page, [What about the geeks? Books]. Why? Because I like recommendingContinue reading “Check Out My New Page”