J. S. Oppenheim

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Hello World! The Digital Frontier Closes and I Prepare for Retirement

Hello World! The Digital Frontier Closes and I Prepare for Retirement

As an artist and entrepreneur, I created a lot of properties through the earlier stages of broadband and now list them here so, indeed, J.S. Oppenheim starts the process of being Altogether by bringing each probing friendship and market effort to this page. The bolded links represent those platforms that have become and at this time remain most central to my appearance online.

Communicating…

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Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

Winter Fenceline Variations, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 21, 2007

  Winter Fence Line Variations

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Simple Cobia With Herbs

Simple Cobia With Herbs

I had no idea what Cobia was but saw the frozen board of a fillet at the fish counter and asked for a quarter-pound portion. Back at the ranch, which is a small apartment with a cabin kitchen just large enough for a small island, I had a one-planter garden of basic, Rosemary, and oregano and the most basic of basics: a head of garlic and a red onion and a lime.  On the stove, and purchased…

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Bone-In Chicken Thigh(s) Sauteed and Baked in an Old Farberware Pan

Bone-In Chicken Thigh(s) Sauteed and Baked in an Old Farberware Pan

Bone-in chicken breast with garlic, shallot, red pepper, thyme, spring onion. Bone-in chicken breast with garlic, shallot, red pepper, thyme, spring onion. Note phenolic handle on 10-inch Farberware sautee pan. To the jokes and question related to cooking for one, one might respond, “No, it’s not easy (if you’re working up from scratch) and because  . . . it is easy and much less expensive and…

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Paella, Detail from Home Cookin'

Paella, Detail from Home Cookin’

It was my first paella project. Scary. Seafood’s expensive. Saffron too — I estimate the dish took a $5 pinch. Having watched at least a dozen YouTube how-to videos, here’s how I broke it down: –There is no wrong way to create a Paella except to borrow too much from New Orleans and turn it out a Jambalaya; –There is no ideal pan IF one does not have an ideal broad-bottomed pan; –There are stages:…

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Toya Marie and Her Mountain Dulcimer, Spring 2016

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Tourista! A Visit to Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, Maryland, May 2, 2016

Tourista! A Visit to Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, Maryland, May 2, 2016

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L-R: Robbie – fiddle; Scott Lee Schmied, bass; Joe Eves, banjo; Joe King, guitar.

L-R: Robbie – fiddle; Scott Lee Schmied, bass; Joe Eves, banjo; Joe King, guitar.

L-R: Robbie – fiddle; Scott Lee Schmied, bass; Joe Eves, banjo; Joe King, guitar.

Speakeasy Boys, Cambridge Schooner Festival, October 24, 2015

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Business, Preparation, Yearning, Learning, Karma, and Plain Dumb Luck

Business, Preparation, Yearning, Learning, Karma, and Plain Dumb Luck

I’ve described my interest in photography as the “hobby that became an avocation that grew into a profession”. While part of that narrative involved spending on the nifty cool stuff promoted by the industry’s magazine — I had started with American Photo, and was among the first subscribers (I wish I had kept the first issue) — the enthusiasm, one of three lifetime pursuits, eventually brought…

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Surreybrooke, Middletown, Maryland, June 22, 2015

Surreybrooke, Middletown, Maryland, June 22, 2015

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Surreybrooke, Middletown, Maryland, June 22, 2015

Surreybrooke, Middletown, Maryland, June 22, 2015

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Locust, Washington County Regional Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 20, 2015

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Glove With Long Legs, Washington County Regional Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 20, 2015

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Cherries!

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For a While on Flickr . . . .

For a While on Flickr . . . .

Counterintuitive? Plain stupid? Who knows? https://www.flickr.com/photos/23673974@N04/ There’s plenty more going up. Of course, it can all be brought down too. For a while, however, I seem to be getting a kick out Flickr’s screen-filling slideshow and still presentation features. Writer, Musician, Photographer — I went for a trifecta! — knows how to write, play guitar and sing, and take fairly…

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Early Blooming Thistle, Hunter Hill, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 4, 2015

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Early Blooming Thistle, Hunter Hill, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 4, 2015