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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.

Happy Words

Posted on May 17, 2018 by JMN

Saucy insouciance, sufficient nonchalance… “I’m kind of sorry that I cause so much grief.” (John Ashbery) To sup with the Devil you need a long spoon. (Traditional?) Why not just paint a mustache on everything? (Response to Mount Rushmore) (Copyright … Continue reading →

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This Is Stag Country

Posted on May 17, 2018 by JMN

Bee Kay Gooch had Kassidee, Krissee and Kooger quick and early. Kooger’s the baby. Bee Kay and Jason married Labor Day and Kooger came Christmas. Spyder Blunt, her stepdad, had a restraining order on Jason that year, but kid’s find … Continue reading →

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Social Math — UK

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

Every June, The Thane of Thoth, a tavern, helps celebrate Chichesterton’s famous Regatta-on-the-Hogg by dropping the price of its brews by 12.5% for the third of a fortnight that couches the merriment. Question: Speculate as shrewdly as your humble station … Continue reading →

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Becky Hammon

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

“My job is to be the best that I can be, and if that changes your mind, then great. But I can’t be consumed with how you feel about me.” (Becky Hammon, 5′-6″-tall basketball champion and contender for top coach … Continue reading →

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Humility

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

Even a cursory look at following blogs uncovers so much good image-making and wordsmithing it humbles one. I ply in contrast what seems but a plodding literal depictiveness, a pyrrhic victory of method over invention, craft over creativity, sarcasm over … Continue reading →

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“Horseman”

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

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Supplication

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

O Master, Boss, Unique and only Sir, We beg that Thine Almightiness (or His) Flex His (or Thine) unending mercy to the uttermost In righteous overlooking of our pitiable insufficiency, Created though we be by Thee, O peerless Engineer. Moreover … Continue reading →

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Thirty-Four Paintings

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

(01) “Madonna of the Yardwinder” (02) “Madonna With a Cat” (03) “Madonna of the Pomegranate” (04) “Madonna of the Carnation” (05) “Madonna With a Vase of Flowers” (06) “Madonna and Child With Saints Sebastian and Francis” (07) “Benois Madonna” (08) … Continue reading →

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HJN, Untitled Watercolor

Posted on May 14, 2018 by JMN

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Eulogy on Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2018 by JMN

[My mother died in 2016. This is from my remarks at her memorial.] PERSISTENCE: SING IT THIS WAY A memorial service unites you and us in a common undertaking to hold on, briefly, to someone who is departing. In some … Continue reading →

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