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What I Have Written

"Synaesthesia Feast" -- today's free poem, in which colors are flavors and flavors are sounds.

I am mostly recovered from my recent bout of illness. I'm still coughing a bit, but at least I no longer feel like my throat is going to crawl out of my body.

Because I've been terrible at shopping for plane tickets, the three of us are *not* travelling in early June like we'd hoped. If I don't defeat some airline bureaucracy, we won't be flying at the end of September, either. If neither of those work, we'll be heading east some random time this summer, probably in July. *grumblegrumblegrumble*

I'm doing fanmixes for casestory this year. I've gotten the first one done enough to send the songs and graphics off to the author and see what they think. Now I need to start collecting screencaps and music ideas for the second one.

I have 26 of 30 chapters of editing done on my novel (only 4 more to do by the end of the month). Yippee!

I often feel quite guilty (like today), writing about terrible things like murder and slavery and virulent pre-Civil-War racism and having such a ripping good time, chortling to myself as Ben January and E.A. Poe trade wisecracks - solemn horribleness of subject matter deserves a more sober attitude. If I were spiritually more developed I'd have one.

Incidentally (on the subject of not being spiritually developed AT ALL), I have an essay about the 9th Doctor Who - the season in which the show was re-booted - in the upcoming collection, Chicks Unravel Time, edited by Deborah Stanish and soon to be out through Amazon. (If I were more spiritually developed I'd remember the publisher off the top of my head, too...) Stanish and her co-editor (Myers?) collected, I am told, a woman writer, artist, fan, or whatever for every season of the show: according to the ad I saw, Diana Gabaldon (whoo-hoo!) contributed her thoughts on one of my favorite Companions, the wonderful Jamie McCrimmon (still, I believe, the longest-running Companion). (Well, with one thing and another, they ALL run a LOT....)

I've recently realized that the lovely Cupcake isn't so much a tuxedo cat: with her little white gloves on her front feet, she has short white stockings on her back feet, with sketchy, trailing lines of white higher up the legs, giving the effect of a garter-belt. Thus, it isn't a tuxedo she's wearing but a French Maid outfit. No wonder Gus follows her around the house.

Today I have TWO new paintings to show you! These both were debuted & sold at the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live show last weekend, but I now have prints & posters up of them - yay!

Other news - those of you who live locally or willl be in the Disney area anytime soon - Pop Gallery now has my new 2013 Calendars in stock & for sale!

Also - ZAZZLE is running a Memorial Day Weekend sale - 20% OFF EVERYTHING! Just click HERE and use Coupon Code MEMORIALSALE during checkout.

And finally - a reminder that my next show is June 9th & 10th at Pop Gallery Orlando at Downtown Disney. Both evenings I will be there in person for my "Flora and Fauna" event! Conveniently located right at the Walt Disney World Resort - so if you are a Florida local or are visiting on vacation, it's a very easy show to come to - it's also free of charge, free parking, no admission needed, children are welcome. I will be debuting two new masterpieces called "Flora" (flowers) and "Fauna" (animals) as well as other small & miniature original paintings, canvas prints, & other stuff. For details all about my Flora and Fauna show click HERE



"Microcosm: Triceratops" and "Poissons Volants: L'Hippocampe"





"Microcosm: Triceratops"


ORIGINAL Acrylic Painting on Panel FRAMED 22"x26" $3800 SOLD


Prints & Posters are HERE


"Microcosm: Triceratops" is the second painting in my Microcosms series - delving into the theme of Alchemical microcosms - miniature life and worlds created in glass jars or beakers. This installment features a beautiful girl painted in a very classical style, holding an aerated glass orb containing a tiny primeval world, complete with triceratops! As an amateur paleontologist I simply love dinosaurs and adore painting them when possible. This is one of my favourite paintings - it also features the iris, one of my favourite flowers. Again, this painting debuted and sold at the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2012 show, but prints & posters are now available!


Prints & posters are now available here at Zazzle, too:



"Microcosm: Triceratops" Prints & Posters


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"Poissons Volants: L'Hippocampe"


ORIGINAL Acrylic Painting on Panel FRAMED 22"x26" $3800 SOLD


Prints & Posters are HERE


"Poissons Volants: L'Hippocampe" Part of my "Poissons Volants" series ("Flying Fish)" - combining my love with sea creatures and Rococo era portraiture - "L'Hippocampe" (the seahorse) was such a fun painting to do! In addition to the prismatic sehorse, there are some leafy sea dragons too! Seahorses and Seadragons are two of the most magical little animals (I could hardly believe it the first time I saw a Leafy Sea Dragon - they are amazing). And of course in the spirit of my Poissons Volants series these wee beasties are flying about on beautiful butterfly wings! Again, this painting also debuted and sold at the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2012 show, but prints & posters are now available!


Prints & posters are now available here at Zazzle, too:


"Poissons Volants: L'Hippocampe" Prints & Posters

Jasmine's Upcoming "Flora and Fauna" show at Pop Gallery is June 9 & 10th at Downtown Disney!


Only a few weeks away! My next show is June 9th & 10th at Pop Gallery Orlando at Downtown Disney. Both evenings I will be there in person for my "Flora and Fauna" event! Conveniently located right at the Walt Disney World Resort - so if you are a Florida local or are visiting on vacation, it's a very easy show to come to - it's also free of charge, free parking, no admission needed, children are welcome. For details, directions, to RSVP or ask questions all about my Flora and Fauna show click HERE


Saturday June 9th I will be at the gallery from 7pm-10pm and on Sunday June 10th I will be there from 5pm-8pm.

At this show I will be debuting two new original masterpieces: "Flora" (flowers) and "Fauna" (animals). In addition to these two new large paintings (which we will "unveil" at the show) - I will be bringing other small/mini paintings with flower and animal themes, as well as many limited edition canvases, giclees, etc. of the new works and others in the same genre.

*FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL *FREE PARKING *FREE EVENT

*Come as you are - no cover charge - no dress code- children are welcome!

*Everything of course is available for purchase, or just come to see the show and all the new work, meet Jasmine, or say "hi"!

*Pop Gallery is right at Downtown Disney West Side® at the Walt Disney Resort® here in Florida and is the premiere physical gallery location for Jasmine's artwork.

*Come & say hi to Jasmine & Matt, have a drink and meet the wonderful staff at Pop Gallery while enjoying Flora & Fauna!

*If you are staying at the Walt Disney World Resort® you can take Disney transporation/buses right to Downtown Disney West Side® and walk right to Pop Gallery (next to AMC Theatres). Or - if you are driving from anywhere in Orlando just go & park at the West Side of the Downtown Disney Parking Lot and head on over!

*If you have questions about the gallery or want to be on Pop Gallery's email list to receive sneak previews, news visit PopGalleryOrlando.com and click Contact Us or call them at:
407-827-8200

*POP Gallery Orlando at Downtown Disney West Side® at the Walt Disney World Resort®, Walt Disney World Resort® 1504 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

‎*ATTENTION COLLECTORS OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS: For this show, the original paintings are sold directly by the gallery itself. If you happen to see any work-in-progress pieces at my Facebook that I specifically mention are destined for this "Flora and Fauna" show - you are welcome to call them at 407-827-8200 to "reserve" the original painting with a deposit & contact information. Pop Gallery will ship paintings worldwide.

To keep an eye out for some of the new paintings that may appear at the show, stay tuned at my Works-in-Progress folder at my Facebook Page here. I will always specifically mention what show a particular work-in-progress is destined to debut at!

questions in regular text; answers in bold.

1. a plane crashes on the border of the US and Canada. where do they bury the survivors?
you don't bury survivors - they're the ones who are still alive.

2. is there a 4th of July in England?
of course there is. it's just not Independence Day as it is in America. in fact, England doesn't have an Independence Day. heh.

3. how do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky - "Lou-is-ville" or "Loo-ee-ville"?
Frankfort.

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1. A man rides into town on Friday, stays three days, and leaves on Friday. How does he do it?
Friday is the name of his horse/mule/motorcycle/car

2. A boy and his father are in a car accident. The father dies, but the boy survives, and is immediately taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. The surgeon then comes into the O.R. and says, "I can't operate on the boy, he's my son." How is this possible?
the surgeon is the boy's mother. (or, in the interest of changing times, the boy has two fathers, and this is the other one.)

3. A young woman calls her parents and cries, "My life is in ruins!" Both of her parents laugh and congratulate her. Why?
The woman is an archeologist - her career is studying ancient ruins.

this was fun! =)
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