Tag Archives: journal

Good Morning – I’m Still Here – Until I’m Not

Posted on February 13, 2014 by commart

______ ______ ______ Credit the mom with saying, “I’m still here!” About a week before she wasn’t. I have many years to go for that, so I hope, but this has been a tough winter. The worst part, perhaps, has … Continue reading →

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FTAC – Trend Shift –> 19th Century Modern

Posted on January 16, 2014 by commart

I’ve grown to have mixed feelings about high-tech, which perhaps may come with age and associated conditions, not the least of which has involved “de-defragmenting” time in the manner encouraged by all things gadgety and web. In “19th Century Modern” … Continue reading →

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A Comment on Art, Blogs, Photography, Politics, and Social Life Online

Posted on November 21, 2013 by commart

This is an old theme carried forward from this arty peacock’s Oppenheim Arts & Letters. Basically, about ten years after the higher-bandwidth online journey began, we all had new gimmicks for taking our minds and spirits out into a new … Continue reading →

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Antietam in Color – Something To Do

Posted on October 22, 2013 by commart

& ______ I’m inclined to gather what I have of autumn at Antietam National Battlefield Park and fold them into one post as a gallery or slide show for placement on the “CA” blog, and that’s a small project larger … Continue reading →

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It Is Killing Me – That Lonely Old Man Wandering in the Park

Posted on October 13, 2013 by commart

God bless this old cuss walkin’ around in the rain with a point-and-shoot (Panasonic Lumix Lx5).  Why he doesn’t take one of the Nikons, even the D70, I don’t know.  It’s just easier with the small camera and the “MAG” … Continue reading →

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Sailing and Photography: There Were People

Posted on August 6, 2013 by commart

The portrait studios may mill out family art, cool and professional with calculated warmth from much practiced methods, but it may be the humble snapshot, the impromptu recording, that turns out the more truly intimate artifact.  For that reason, and … Continue reading →

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Ol’ “Oppenheim Arts & Letters” — A Review of Digital Assets

Posted on July 7, 2013 by commart

http://commart.typepad.com/oppenheim_arts_letters/2013/07/that-darned-beautiful-logo-shaping-the-web-dimension.html The above URL links to the Typepad mama of the three WordPress blogs I’ve been keeping as business, personal, and conflict journals. But there’s more to the story. I’d close the old blog but have found opportunity to reference … Continue reading →

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Time In A Garden – Time With Communicating Arts

Posted on July 1, 2013 by commart

I put the snaps up on the business’s blog and a story to go with them.

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Summer Note 6-29-13

Posted on June 29, 2013 by commart

It’s a bad show that casts me as the old man walking in the park with a camera. Nonetheless, when one has been glued to Facebook, the news (the Turks have settled down to tending the wounded and sharpening their … Continue reading →

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Note From the Garden

Posted on June 27, 2013 by commart

A Note Between the Pictures My politics blog Conflict BackChannels (“Conflict, Culture, Language, Psychology”) has been picking up about 100 hits a week. Depending on who’s reading, it will either change the world or not. My related Facebook community has … Continue reading →

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FTAC – A Comment on Web Time

Posted on May 9, 2013 by commart

https://jsoppenheim.com/2013/05/06/reading-richard-adams-_the-girl-in-a-swing_/ Back when, I would be done . . . and perhaps working on my own work . . . or working on a photograph . . . or a piece of music. With multiple blogs, the Facebook nexus, news … Continue reading →

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Reading – Richard Adams – _The Girl in A Swing_

Posted on May 6, 2013 by commart

I’m sorry I marked the first paragraph of the first chapter of this old and deckle edged first edition, but even so slightly used, oh what a still magical and mysterious experience the reading remains. Adams’ work reminds: while a … Continue reading →

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