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Jim Kuhn (he/him)
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Austin Texas. Participating as a private individual and not on behalf of the memory institution that employs me, nor the state government higher ed employer overseeing that archive, library, and museum. No-AI: I’m solely responsible, ftw and / or blame.
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Why the long face, Leon?
A black and white cellphone photo of a doberman named Leon, and his long schnozz. Good dog, Leon
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Quiet time
A black and white cell phone snapshot of two dogs on a couch.
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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“He ate and drank the precious words…” - Emily Dickinson (Supplement to “Impressions,” February, 1901, Elder & Shepard, Publishers, S. F.) #apha #sfsu
He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust, He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust; He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book! What liberty A loosened spirit brings! — Emily Dickinson Supplement to “Impressions,” February, 1901, Elder & Shepard, Publishers, S. F. Exhibited at the American Printing History Association 2025 conference, at San Francisco State University J. Paul Leonard Library Special Collections.
October 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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OK your turn
A square cellphone photo of an “I Voted Early!” sticker on a green and white-striped shirt pocket, worn by me after voting in an election whose results will yet again be determined by the eligible yet non-voting public, since in the State of TX there are in fact only 37.75% of registered voters who are members of the GOP. Your turn!
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Leon
A black and white cellphone photo of a dobie named Leon: luxe, calme et volupté. Also: ready for anything good.
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#nokings #austin
A cell phone snapshot of a “No Kings” marcher on 10/18/25, with face hidden behind a hand made sign that reads “We Shall Overcomb,” above a drawing of a comb which hovers above a portrait of a petulant President Donald Trump wearing a crown and wagging his little right hand index finger. Skyline of Austin Texas in the background, as seen from Auditorium Shores.
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Sleep well, Nora.
A cell phone photograph in black and white of a sleeping dog named Nora: her left eye and ear and elbowing front left leg, under her cheek. Sleep well, Nora.
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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“Look But Linger Not” (Newton England School of Metalwork, ca. 1905) #maacm
“Look But Linger Not” (Newton England School of Metalwork, ca. 1905) - a mirror at the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM), St. Petersburg FL.
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Herself, her sainted self (2007 - 2025)
A 2023 cell snap of Ellie, righteous to the end, and beyond. May her memory be for a blessing.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Thrift store paintings (Austin, Texas)
A North Lamar Goodwill thrift store painting of a wildflower garden against a black ground. “2006,” by Katelyn. A thrift store painting in a childlike style of a happy and shambolic family of five against a pink background spotted with green dots of various shades and outlines. Available for purchase in a Goodwill thrift store on Austin’s North Lamar Boulevard. “dramatic:” a thrift store painting of a brown-hooded figure facing a chaotic and exciting night life district full of advertising for food, entertainment, and theatrical productions. At the North Lamar Goodwill in Austin TX.
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Poetry at a little free library in Austin TX: In a yard of fallen yellow peaches I am listening, by Andrew Hemmert (Missouri Review, Summer 2025).
In a yard of fallen yellow peaches I am listening, by Andrew Hemmert (Missouri Review, Summer 2025).
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Night bloom
A cellphone photo of a yellow rose in a backyard pot, after dark in Austin, Texas.
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Rose
Late afternoon sun on a potted yellow rose, in an Austin backyard. A square cell snap.
September 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Thrift store paintings (Austin TX)
A painting available for purchase at the Austin Texas North Lamar Goodwill (next to the Half Price Books), depicting a serious, thoughtful, and committed (while also multicolored) furry mammal (otter? bear cub? puppy?) against a grainy yellow ground. Catch and release A stencil painting for sale at the N. Lamar Goodwill in Austin, of a long sleeved t- and dark sunglasses-wearing blonde youngster fellow measuring out some kind of pittance with his right index finger and thumb? Yeah, what? D
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Patio rose (Austin)
A square cellular telephone photograph taken after dark in black and white of a yellow rose on a backyard patio in Austin Texas.
September 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Nora #thousandyardstare
A black and white cell phone pic of a pup named Nora, who is decidedly not looking at the camera but instead is gazing thoughtfully towards stage right.
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Zinn.
A square cell snapshot of a red zinnia from the side, in an Austin backyard. A fuchsia zinnia with yellow stamens, in a square cellular telephone photograph taken in a backyard in Texas. A cell phone pic of a pink zinnia with yellow pistils (Austin, Texas).
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Thrift store paintings (N. Lamar Goodwill, Austin)
A cell phone shapshot: a thrift store painting of flowers foregrounding a foggy view of distant mountains under a hazy moon. For sale at the North Lamar Goodwill, Austin TX. A photo of a thrift store painting of red and yellow and blue fireworks exploding over a body of water, reflecting these colors off of dappled waves. Signed “R.M.”
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Potted plants, after dark (Austin Tex.).
Strobiantus, after dark on an Austin backyard patio. Coleus, photographed after dark in a pot on a backyard patio in Austin Texas. Caladium bicolor, in a backyard pot in Austin. Snapped after nightfall. A yellow rose, photographed after dark in an Austin TX backyard.
September 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Night rose (Austin)
A square color cell snap, after dark, of a yellow potted rose, on a backyard patio, in Austin.
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Flowers (Austin)
Gregg’s Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii), in an Austin Texas backyard: a square cellphone pic. Purslane (Poetulaca oleracea). Austin, Texas. Cellular telephone photograph, square. An Austin Texas backyard potted red rose, snapped in a square format by a cellular telephone camera. Thryallis (Galphimia glauca), depicted in a square color cellphone photo of an Austin Texas backyard.
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Nora’s haunch
A cellular telephone photograph of the left rear haunch of an Austin Texas boxer-mix rescue dog, named Nora.
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Patio rose, before & later
A square cellular snapshot of a rose in a patio pot, Austin TX. A square cell phone photograph of a potted rose after dark, on a backyard patio in Austin, Texas.
September 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Electric pince-nez (Saul Steinberg)
Page [6] of ABC for collectors of American contemporary art. By John I. H. Baur, drawings by Saul Steinberg. Distributed by The American Federation of Arts through Arlyn Press, Inc., 270 Lafayette Street, New York 12, N. Y.
August 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Ready
A square high contrast black and white cellphone photo of two table-side dogs, ready for dropped morsels.
August 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM