{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/richnewman","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"16901","username":"richnewman","bio":"Poet. Essayist. Literary co-translator. Proud community college professor. Served my union in various capacities for ten years. Survivor. Host of First Tuesdays reading series. Most recent book: Words for What Those Men Have Done (Guernica Editions 2017).","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":82,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/16901.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"56148697","content_html":"<p>Why is it that the final poem of the book you’re working on, the one that ties the entire volume together, always proves to be the most difficult to revise?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2025/01/28/why-is-it-that-the.html","date_published":"2025-01-28T11:35:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-28 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href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-9/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-9/","date_published":"2025-01-18T10:52:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-18 10:52","date_timestamp":1737197523,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320618","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-8/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-8/","date_published":"2025-01-18T10:32:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-18 10:32","date_timestamp":1737196360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320603","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #34 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8bb6aeec-9e17-4773-b427-40e2190c66eb_636x1024-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #34\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2ff70a7e1d-dd8f-465d-82ce-30847356e4e3_1024x819-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #34\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f24501980-2e6a-4bf5-bfec-eb8d8de7436f_731x1024-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #34\"> : <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2025/01/10/four-by-four.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2025/01/10/four-by-four.html","date_published":"2025-01-10T13:00:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-10 13:00","date_timestamp":1736514024,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53428969","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/emilyhegarty\">@emilyhegarty</a> Thanks, Emily. I hope you had a lovely Christmas, and that the new year brings you what you want, what you need, and what you hope for. Cheers!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/53428969","date_published":"2024-12-27T15:01:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-27 15:01","date_timestamp":1735311677,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55320604","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #33 (Chanukah Edition) <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fd082c368-cd12-4d1c-b6a5-75da378e8a75_1088x1360-png.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #33 (Chanukah Edition)\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f250e3097-e7e5-4e81-b2ae-0b0cea92f08f_1088x856-png.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #33 (Chanukah Edition)\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8952a8c2-17e0-48d8-a29d-deb6dbba3d19_1088x1692-png.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #33 (Chanukah Edition)\"> : <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/27/four-by-four-chanukah-edition.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/27/four-by-four-chanukah-edition.html","date_published":"2024-12-27T13:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-27 13:03","date_timestamp":1735304596,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53378836","content_html":"<p>Ghost candles in the glass.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/7908/2024/ef099d9cc5-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"594\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/26/ghost-candles-in-the-glass.html","date_published":"2024-12-27T01:11:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-27 01:11","date_timestamp":1735261863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53224329","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/emilyhegarty\">@emilyhegarty</a> Hey, Emily! I don’t know why I didn’t see this. It didn’t show up as a mention. In any event, welcome to Micro.blog! I’ve been here for a while, sometimes posting regularly, lately not so much.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/53224329","date_published":"2024-12-25T07:23:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-25 07:23","date_timestamp":1735111411,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55320617","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-7/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-7/","date_published":"2024-12-20T14:39:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-20 14:39","date_timestamp":1734705563,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52777681","content_html":"<p>“We must not fear repetition in poetry,\nbecause sweet speech is pleasant in the repetition.”</p>\n<p>Nasir Khusraw, translated by Alice C. 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Here’s a sample:\n\n5 July\n\nNo matter how many times I asked,\nthe instructions were no help. So I stood\nby the window, watching the buses pass,\nall bound for parking lots as empty\nas a table after the eviction.\n\nAnd as the day began, I could still... <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/18/just-got-my.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/18/just-got-my.html","date_published":"2024-12-19T04:39:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-19 04:39","date_timestamp":1734583195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320616","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-6/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-6/","date_published":"2024-12-15T02:26:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-15 02:26","date_timestamp":1734229589,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52230732","content_html":"<p>“It is [an] irony of oppression that the solution chosen to eliminate an enemy often guarantees that enemy’s enduring fame.  [N]o one knows the names of [Nasir Khusraw’s] oppressors, but his poems…speak across centuries…to anyone who has [known] war, oppression or terror.”</p>\n<p>—<a href=\"https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/2000/nasir-khusraw-the-ruby-of-badakhshan/\">Alice Hunberger</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/14/it-is-an.html","date_published":"2024-12-15T02:23:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-15 02:23","date_timestamp":1734229386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52185045","content_html":"<p>It’s funny the things you find searching through old files. A long time ago, I collaborated with an artist named <a href=\"http://www.allenmhart.com/\">Allen Hart</a> on an exhibition pairing one of his paintings with one of my poems. This was the painting, along with the broadside of the poem I made to put on the wall next to it.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/7908/2024/68462d729b-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/7908/2024/the-silence-of-men-for-allen-hart-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/14/its-funny-the.html","date_published":"2024-12-14T14:35:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-14 14:35","date_timestamp":1734186956,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320605","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #32 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f72193594-bb2f-4744-a26c-236f2d48ec47_1350x2579-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #32\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f5e79a03a-a350-48a3-a44e-b792183624fe_3780x2422-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #32\"><img 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17:59","date_timestamp":1734112742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51734951","content_html":"<p>“Reflections Before Shutting Down The Computer,” by Gemma Gorga, translated by Sharon Dolin.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/7908/2024/46a81d4d94-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/09/reflections-before-shutting.html","date_published":"2024-12-10T02:08:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-10 02:08","date_timestamp":1733796498,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51706885","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/7908/2024/fbf07103f7-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/09/145301.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T19:53:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 19:53","date_timestamp":1733773981,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320615","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-5/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-5/","date_published":"2024-12-09T19:51:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 19:51","date_timestamp":1733773906,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51705550","content_html":"<p>from “Reading Matsuo Bashō,” by Gemma Gorga (translated by Sharon Dolin):</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I wonder: how many syllables must I remove<br>\nto make a perfect haiku from my life?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/09/from-reading-matsuo.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T19:47:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 19:47","date_timestamp":1733773640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320614","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-4/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-4/","date_published":"2024-12-09T19:45:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 19:45","date_timestamp":1733773515,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320613","content_html":"<p>(Untitled): <a href=\"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-3/\">richardjnewman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/untitled-3/","date_published":"2024-12-06T21:50:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-06 21:50","date_timestamp":1733521821,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320606","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #31 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f5cd93bdd-3c9e-40ac-bf5b-3d398588b223_1600x1158-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #31\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fe1b91b89-ad1d-46ee-bf54-2726ee33103c_3100x2320-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #31\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f95133cb8-59ea-48b5-9510-5255f89cbd93_1600x1239-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #31\"> : <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/01/four-by-four.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/12/01/four-by-four.html","date_published":"2024-12-01T16:04:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-01 16:04","date_timestamp":1733069080,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55320608","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #30 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f61fff5db-ba68-4e70-8828-119e4d1b60f3_2939x3466-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #30\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fe70ae106-1c4d-4f49-9943-007cdde8292a_2522x3525-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #30\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2ffd219ef1-ee5a-4566-8ffd-8019f4043ac5_3943x4000-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Four By Four #30\"> : <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/11/17/four-by-four.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/11/17/four-by-four.html","date_published":"2024-11-18T02:12:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-18 02:12","date_timestamp":1731895957,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48614980","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I have always loved that poem. Millay’s sonnets, in general, are just wonderful!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/48614980","date_published":"2024-10-31T01:04:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-31 01:04","date_timestamp":1730336661,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55320609","content_html":"<p>Four By Four #29 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f50341be0-7c51-472a-b062-c86c8ebf3f3f_3885x2592-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f63e8936b-de45-4299-94d9-c550872c7db0_1395x4096-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://www.richardjnewman.com/content/images/2025/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f08f7c3ab-1b94-4157-b2fe-726e037cc3fa_2994x4096-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/10/25/four-by-four.html\">richnewman.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://richnewman.micro.blog/2024/10/25/four-by-four.html","date_published":"2024-10-25T10:00:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-25 10:00","date_timestamp":1729850442,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48138936","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> It’s a gorgeous piece of art, I agree. I’ve discovered some really cool sights with royalty free images. That’s where I got this one.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/48138936","date_published":"2024-10-24T00:27:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-24 00:27","date_timestamp":1729729629,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"47730779","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Archimage\">@Archimage</a> I was going to write more, but I got cut off. When I take a walk like that I usually bring music to listen to, something instrumental so the words don’t interfere and what I find is that focusing on the music and the rhythmic my walk somehow works out whatever kinks there that are keeping the thoughts from flowing. It’s a visceral, physical experience for me. And I am able to go back to whatever I’m working on with a clear head and a clearer idea of how to move forward.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/47730779","date_published":"2024-10-17T19:58:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-17 19:58","date_timestamp":1729195116,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"47722360","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Archimage\">@Archimage</a> Usually, I go for a long walk. Sometimes, I read.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/47722360","date_published":"2024-10-17T18:13:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-17 18:13","date_timestamp":1729188819,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"47617954","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> Is there an issue with posts scheduled through the desktop app? I scheduled one to go out at 8:43 AM EST this morning, 10/16, and it has posted neither to the timeline nor to my blog. (Or did I do something wrong in scheduling it?) Thanks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/47617954","date_published":"2024-10-16T17:01:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-16 17:01","date_timestamp":1729098085,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46576708","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I just resent an email about not being able to log into my account. Please check and let me know what’s going on. Thank You!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/46576708","date_published":"2024-10-01T00:49:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-01 00:49","date_timestamp":1727743746,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"30035764","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Archimage\">@Archimage</a> That is always such a surreal experience, but good for you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/30035764","date_published":"2024-01-27T23:09:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-27 23:09","date_timestamp":1706396957,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"29910019","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/agilelisa\">@agilelisa</a> That is <em>such</em> a satisfying feeling! Good for you.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/29910019","date_published":"2024-01-25T17:19:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-25 17:19","date_timestamp":1706203141,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"29403685","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> The link to your recommendation is broken, I think. I am curious as to what it is. I am teaching <em>Kindred</em> this semester and am looking for resources.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/29403685","date_published":"2024-01-16T15:15:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-16 15:15","date_timestamp":1705418159,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28718881","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> Oh I get that feeling. I’m going through something very similar right now. It is exhilarating and nerve-wracking, and I am training myself to have the patience to let the process work itself through without trying to force anything.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28718881","date_published":"2024-01-02T21:06:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-02 21:06","date_timestamp":1704229581,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28637101","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> Emerson is not entirely wrong.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28637101","date_published":"2024-01-01T03:21:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-01 03:21","date_timestamp":1704079311,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28637079","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/crossingthethreshold\">@crossingthethreshold</a> That’s truly lovely. Thanks for posting it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28637079","date_published":"2024-01-01T03:20:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-01 03:20","date_timestamp":1704079242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28609297","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> You have a better memory than I do! Somewhere I still have the Hodori pin–I think that was the name of the tiger–but that’s about it. (Not from the entire year, just from the Olympics.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28609297","date_published":"2023-12-31T15:57:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-31 15:57","date_timestamp":1704038230,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28579868","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> It was. My colleagues and I watched the opening ceremony from the roof of the building in which one of us lived.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28579868","date_published":"2023-12-30T22:27:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-30 22:27","date_timestamp":1703975229,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28578093","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/herself\">@herself</a> I am jealous! I taught English in Korea a long time ago (1988-89). It would be so wonderful to back now and see how things have changed. I hope you have a great trip.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28578093","date_published":"2023-12-30T21:36:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-30 21:36","date_timestamp":1703972173,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28558541","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JoeHoffman\">@JoeHoffman</a> Thanks, Joe.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28558541","date_published":"2023-12-30T12:42:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-30 12:42","date_timestamp":1703940149,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28540508","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/clorgie\">@clorgie</a> Thank you! We actually have a manuscript of his work that we’re circulating. I hope this helps a bit.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/28540508","date_published":"2023-12-30T00:20:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-30 00:20","date_timestamp":1703895608,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20966579","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/annahavron\">@annahavron</a> I know, right?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/20966579","date_published":"2023-07-16T01:22:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-16 01:22","date_timestamp":1689470567,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20966574","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Michele\">@Michele</a> Yeah, she is. I would take her home in a minute, if I could. She’s at my mother’s rescue right now.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/20966574","date_published":"2023-07-16T01:22:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-16 01:22","date_timestamp":1689470549,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18829880","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> Yup. What else is there to say, right?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/18829880","date_published":"2023-05-03T13:57:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-03 13:57","date_timestamp":1683122238,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18813495","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> A colleague shared this paragraph from a paper that the student who handed it in clearly did not bother to read over after the AI generated it:</p>\n<p>&gt; My personal experience confirms that we are already cyborgs. As an AI language model, I am an example of how technology has augmented human communication abilities. People can use me to converse with others, write essays, or generate creative content, with ease and efficiency. My ability to learn and adapt based on user interactions is a testament to the power of AI in enhancing human potential. Therefore, I am an example of how humans and machines can merge to create a cybernetic organism.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/18813495","date_published":"2023-05-02T19:43:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-02 19:43","date_timestamp":1683056604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"17268843","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/circustiger\">@circustiger</a> I think when you write about the kind of experience you have written about here, in the way that you have written it–trying to recreate the experience in prose, not just tell about it–the writing itself calls for an audience. Yours certainly deserves one. Cheers!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/17268843","date_published":"2023-02-25T15:10:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-25 15:10","date_timestamp":1677337828,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"17261885","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/circustiger\">@circustiger</a> Sorry, pressed post accidentally. You also capture well what it feels like to meet someone for whom it’s worth setting those defense mechanisms aside.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/richnewman/17261885","date_published":"2023-02-25T04:40:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Jeffrey Newman's Miscellany","url":"http://www.richardjnewman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F16901.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richnewman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-25 04:40","date_timestamp":1677300023,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}