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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.

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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“Dinosaur Feathers!”

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

Dinosaur Feathers! A dinosaur with feathers? Well I’m sure! The spectacle’s more than I can endure. Next, mules are born with earrings, snakes have knees, And furry goldfish populate the seas. I can just as well believe those things As … Continue reading →

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“Epistemic Skepticism”

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

“As an attitude…, epistemic skepticism consists in always second-guessing your own judgments — about yourself, other people and situations; always monitoring those judgments to make sure you’re seeing clearly, have the facts right, aren’t making any unfounded inferences or deceiving … Continue reading →

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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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