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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.

Juicy Mystery

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

My local newspaper has a regular feature entitled “Food Service Inspections for Week Ending <date>.” I scan it devotedly. Food purveyors from all around are assigned demerits, from zero to one hundred. My newspaper clarifies, helpfully, that “Zero” is the … Continue reading →

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Wiseness

Posted on July 4, 2018 by JMN

Bake bread and break it. Give kids an uphappy bringing. Untied we stand. “Magna Farta” (Oliver Cromwell) “…Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness….” (Deuteronomy 32:15) “A dream sullied is not a lie.” (David … Continue reading →

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“The District Education Improvement Committee Meeting”

Posted on July 4, 2018 by JMN

The District Education Improvement Committee Meeting Her purse is propped against the leg That folds beneath the table’s end. The purse is not adjacent to Her folded arm, her lotioned hand. She props her glasses on her nose, She palms … Continue reading →

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Landscapes

Posted on July 4, 2018 by JMN

Originally posted on Candid By Liz:
This is my first blog post.  I try to do simple and honest photography with very little manipulation of the images.  I hope you enjoy them.  I am not criticizing others who use a…

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Sundry Maundering

Posted on July 2, 2018 by JMN

THE BOOK OF JOB The Job is hard. Do the Job. PERMUTATIONS I don’t pretend to know how you don’t understand me. I don’t understand how you pretend not to know me. I don’t know how you pretend not to … Continue reading →

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Rumpstone Fallows

Posted on July 2, 2018 by JMN

A sliver of Sir Alistair Chichester’s estate lies choked with brome and cocksfoot between the waste water treatment facility of Chichesterton-Upon-Hogg and the ancient Roman quarry. Known to locals as Rumpstone Fallows, the plot has served as a squat for … Continue reading →

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Signage

Posted on July 2, 2018 by JMN

Not: Serious —> <— Kidding Really —> <— Ever Now —> <— Likely Hardly –> Context/Favor/Fashion/Office/Sight: In —> <— Out Of Skinless —> <— Skinned Boneless —> <— Boned Dead Start —> <— Small Finish Smoothies —> <— Roughies Rapids … Continue reading →

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“With art comes empathy…”

Posted on July 1, 2018 by JMN

“…With art comes empathy. It allows us to look through someone else’s eyes and know their strivings and struggles. It expands the moral imagination and makes it impossible to accept the dehumanization of others. When we are without art, we … Continue reading →

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“Fungi on the Rind”

Posted on June 30, 2018 by JMN

Fungi on the Rind A Camembert’s a cheese whose claim to fame Involves a smelliness that’s hard to name. Mushroom aromas with a barnyard twist, Hints of ripe laundry by garlic kissed, This is how the cheese’s loving hordes Try … Continue reading →

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Counterintuitive

Posted on June 29, 2018 by JMN

I’ve had little training as a painter, but one tenet I’ve tried to honor is the one that says, “Choose a brush you think is too large, then start your painting with one size larger.” However, human likenesses are comprised … Continue reading →

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