Monthly Archives: July 2018

“Wanted Dead or Alive”

Posted on July 10, 2018 by JMN

Steve McQueen stares at the viewer from a sitting position in the lefthand space — steely eyes, cowboy hat. Two stubby rifles dominate the righthand space: “A sidearm like nothing any lawman or outlaw had carried before — The MARE’S … Continue reading →

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Directions

Posted on July 9, 2018 by JMN

<— Je Ne Sais Cove Brigand Dunes —> <— Grotto Blotto Dog Platitudes —> <— New Deli Donny Brook —> <— Post Hockish <— Ergo —> Propter Hockish—> <— Center For Customer Insights (New Haven, CT) Academy of Combative Warrior … Continue reading →

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Ouch!

Posted on July 9, 2018 by JMN

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t denigrate people who do. And for people who like it, ‘denigrate’ means ‘put down.’ ” (Bob Newhart) (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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The Painted Word

Posted on July 8, 2018 by JMN

In my twenties I fantasized an artistic project called “The Painted Word” — standing language on its head by meticulously brushing it on canvas. (I didn’t know until later that Tom Wolfe had used the phrase for the title of … Continue reading →

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“They are female.”

Posted on July 8, 2018 by JMN

“Maybe our leaders, who seem so quick to threaten violence or shut down the government, should spend some time with dairy cows. They are ponderous ships of milk. There are infinite births to attend. They slow time. They are female.” … Continue reading →

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Dominoes

Posted on July 7, 2018 by JMN

The powers that be have signed the contract that assures Hurricane Harvey (2017) will have robust progeny in my neck of the planet into what future is foreseeable. In a forlorn holding action against storms to come I’m having a … Continue reading →

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How a bespoke Suit works

Posted on July 7, 2018 by JMN

“A Savile Row suit ‘rarely looks new in the conventional sense.’ Its magic ‘is that it enhances your real self into heightened fantasy, then presents this fantasy as your real self.’ “ (Lance Richardson, “House of Nutter,” reviewed by Matthew … Continue reading →

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Likability

Posted on July 7, 2018 by JMN

“As far as likability, I don’t think that I have more than most people but I try not to be rude. I like when people are polite and kind to other people. I just think life is so hard, why … Continue reading →

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Anne Tyler on Eudora Welty and endurance

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

[Tyler discovered Welty’s “A Curtain of Green and Other Stories” at age 14.] “I was just flabbergasted. I said, she’s writing my life, people I know, and it’s not Shakespearean English… Later I even got to know her. She was … Continue reading →

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… And a partridge in a pear tree

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

“…The Cave Rescue Organization, the oldest cave-rescue group in Britain, says it has responded to 2,927 episodes since its founding in 1935. Of those, 745 were in caves; the rest were on mountains and in disused mines or other locations. … Continue reading →

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