Virtual Brush Box

Fitness Foundation, Nosing into the 90s & Exiting the 80s, Virtual Tevis 2023

Awareness of the outside world. “This month we completed 3 days of trail work on the Western States Trail in Auburn State Recreation Area (ASRA), solely on the stretch affected by the Mosquito Fire.” The Tevis Cup: Traiwork Update, March 21, 2023.

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Virtual Tevis Cup 2023
100 Miles in 100 Days
19 April to 30 July

Rodney – 4 miles this week, 93 miles total
Milton – 6 miles this week, 89 miles total
Tues 6 June to Mon 12 June

Mileage, handwalk & hitch.

Although we are still doing horse things regularly, work sessions are not conducive to making progress down the trail. When Milton hitches, I play header and Rodney stays in the barn. When Rodney lunges, he doesn’t get any miles for going around in circles and Milton stays in the barn. And so on. Glad we got a good start early on.

Slow & Steady

The Virtual Tevis has been an excellent way to bring Milton back from surgery and three months of stall rest. Without it, we would have probably trotted more & sooner, as well as been tempted to take a day off here and there. Daily strolls are the way to go. The VT has provided enforced patience.

Rodney did not have the massive physical insult, but he did take the three months off. So, it’s been good for him as well.

Virtual Tevis Posts [Scenic Tevis, Enjoying the 80s, Virtual Tevis 2023], [Archives]

Onwards!
Katherine

More T-Shirts for the Barn

Awareness of the outside world. Atlantic: Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?, Mull, 2022. According to this, my best bet is to donate my old cotton clothes for raw materials and landfill the rest. “If you’ve truly gotten every bit of use out of a garment, then yes, maybe you should just throw it away. A better option might not exist.” [Sans Saddle, more fashion discussion]

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A shopping spree for science fiction convention shirts that will become barn wear.

Carpe Librum
Book T-Shirt
Design by mscarlett
TeePublic

Thousand of Candles
Zen Pencils, general site
Thousand of Candles, Shirt
ZP Shopping via Threadless

Fake Buddha Quotes: Thousand Candles. Despite the flippant title, the page thoughtful & thoroughly explores the source of the quote and the sentiments behind it.

Cookiegawa Wave
Shirt Page
TeeFury

Laughing Squid: Sea Is for Cookie, A Mashup of Cookie Monster and Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ Kimber Streams, 2014.

How could I not? [C is for Cookie]

Cat Alphabet
Design by Vallina84
Shirt Page
TeeFury

Cat D&D Party
Design by Vallina84
Shirt Page
TeeFury

Marketing note. TeeFury sent this shirt with the wrong image the first time around. Fixed seemlessly. Props.

Previous t-shirt sf/barn shopping spree was in 2014. [T-Shirts for the Barn]

Onwards!
Katherine

Periodic Science Fiction, Graphic Art

Art of the outside world. Neal.fun: Space Elevator. Hat tip to D.

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Images from Science Notes: Periodic Table Flash Cards – Free Printable PDF Element Facts

Miscellaneous periodic table link, NASA: Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements

Onwards!
Katherine

If Walls Could Talk, Thoughts from a Convention Hotel, Fiction Sketch

Oooh, new people arriving. Looks like I will be the backdrop for another convention this weekend. I can always tell whether people come for fun or for work. There is a different energy. More chatter, fewer sighs. More late night movies, fewer slide shows.

I like when the the science fiction and fantasy folks meet here. They fill my halls with creative costumes. I like when sports teams stay overnight. They run up and down my halls. Such energy.

Of course buildings are alive. Air handling? Respiration. Electricity? Nerve signals. Elevators? Peristalsis. Okay, maybe I’m reaching a bit on that one. Really, we are a lot like people. We are born. We die. In between, we stay busy.

We watch. We gather data. We talk. We talk to each other. A lot. I mean, what else are we going to do? It’s not like we can take up kayaking.

Well, there is a condo on the north corner. Polite enough, but doesn’t have much to say other rest of the buildings on the block. Smug pile of bricks. As if a few extra stories and permanent residents makes a building special. That type of building is kind of a one-note wonder. They only do that thing. Do not get a condo building started on the subject of sublet agreements and condo fees. They will go on foreeeeever about it.

I’m a hotel. Hotels are about variety. People here for one night and people who have worked here for years. Rooms for every purpose. Offices. Kitchens. Bedrooms. Shops. I’ve got it all. From a pool in my basement to a pagoda on my roof.

Some of the new skyscrapers are a combination. Hotel on these floors. Offices on those floors. Can one building be everything to everybody? Although, I’d quite like to have my own dedicated observation deck. I wouldn’t let the fame go to my head. Probably.

Did you know the Empire State Building has a PR policy? Seriously. Even residents need to get “prior written approval” for photography in certain public spaces. There’s a building that has gotten too big for its square footage. ESB: Requests for Media, Photo Shoots and Film Crews

But I digress.

I like hearing from the other buildings on my block. Mostly small restaurant and shops. They are quick thinkers. Lots of comings and goings. We have no wall contact, but you can’t share a sewage system and not learn something about a building. Plus, I have my own shops and a restaurant. I understand about early morning deliveries and grease disposal arrangements.

Gotta go. Concert in the big function room.

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Scenic Travel, Guest Photo

Awareness of the outside world. Smithsonian: The Massive and Controversial Attempt to Preserve One of the World’s Most Iconic Islands, Stille, 2014.

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Photo by Allan Tuttle
Mont Saint Michel
circa early 1970s(?)

In honor of my father, who would have turned 84 this week. Photography was one of his hobbies. This print and mat hung on the wall of his various accommodations over the years. [My Short Happy Modeling Career]

Onwards!
Katherine

Scenic Dogs

Awareness of the outside world. JSTOR: New Evidence of the Earliest Domestic Dogs in the Americas, Perri et al., American Antiquity Vol. 84, No. 1 (January 2019), pp. 68-87 (20 pages), Cambridge University Press.

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