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Jim Kuhn (he/him)

@jckuhn4

Higher ed glam retiree, Austin >> Pittsburgh. Participating as a private individual, not on behalf of the memory institution that once employed me, nor the state higher ed admin overseeing that archive, library & museum. This is a no-AI personal account.

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Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 13d

Pittsburgh Zinnia & Friend (is that a Prairie Feather? Or something else?)

A fuchsia zinnia, and a not-quite-identified spiky friend, in a Pittsburgh sidewalk garden.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 14d

Thrift store painting (E. Carson St., Pittsburgh)

A Pittsburgh thrift shop painting of a river and pine trees in snowy winter, reflecting a yellow, orange, pink and purple sunset, under a full moon and starry sky. Signed “K”.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 15d

Nora & Jennie

A black and white cellphone snapshot of two dogs slouched on a couch.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 16d

Advice

“Do not attempt solo anarchy in a surveillance state. Power in numbers” - on a Pittsburgh PA telephone pole.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 17d

Happy back porch puppy

A square b&w photo of a smiling boxer-ish mutt named Nora, sitting on a back porch while her bff Jennie, a jack russell-ish mutt, keeps watch for falling leaves while sniffing errant breezes. Good times.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 18d

Tony & Jennie

A b&w cellular snapshot of a beagle mix (Tony) and a jack russell mix (Jennie), mirror snuggling with each other on a bed.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 21d

OK Tony, yes of course

A black and white cellphone photo of a beagle named Tony staring meaningfully into the lens. Yes Tony, OK for sure.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 25d

Gladiolus, after dark (Pittsburgh)

A nighttime backyard photo of a gladiolus in its final blooming: with lower petals wilting while the upper orangey and cantaloupey-colored flowers remain - for the moment - unwithered.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· 28d

Roadside Flowering Toadflax & Chicory (Newton, NJ)

Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) & chicory (Cichorium intybus), blooming roadside in Sussex County, New Jersey

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jul 14

Rosemallow blossom (Pittsburgh, Penna.)

A square cellphone photo of a Hibiscus moscheutos (a.k.a. rosemallow) in a sunny North Side Pittsburgh front yard.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jul 6

Couch dogs

A black and white photograph of two dogs on a couch: Jennie (the one with the perky ears) and Nora (the placid one with the skeptical, narrowed brow).

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jul 3

Zoe & Other Mopheads

A black and white photograph of a standard poodle named Zoe, smiling after a walk and happy to be inside out of the heat.

A baby blue hydrangea blossom.

A violet hydrangea blossom.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jul 1

Marsha's Brick (Outside of Boston, MA)

As seen in a Massachusetts front yard:

Marsha's Brick

Materials: Glass, wood, brick, polyester flag

Legend has it that Marsha P. Johnson, a trans activist, threw the first brick at the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, and gave birth to the Pride Movement. Much like the Ride of Paul Revere, the legend doesn't always stand up to scrutiny. What we do know is that Marsh P Johnson was an activist before, during, and after Stonewall.

A reminder that June is Pride Month.

"Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being queer, but out of our need to exist without persecution." -unknown

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 27

Rose of Sharon

A pair of pink hibiscus flowers, damp from overnight drizzling rain.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 27

Porch dog shade

A black and white photograph of two dogs, staring intently at the photographer from a back porch in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 25

Lawrence Weiner, Ever Widening Circles of Shattered Glass (1985 / 2021). Carnegie Museum of Art, 86.52. #carnegieart

Two distant figures walking up a hallway ramp at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, through an installation by Lawrence Weiner called “Ever Widening Circles of Shattered Glass.”

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 20

Sidewalk Burdock & Backyard Foxglove

A square cell snap of spiky burdock in a Pittsburgh tree lawn.

A cellphone photo of a potted foxglove in full fuchsia bloom, in an Allegheny County PA back yard.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 18

Mophead

A cellphone snapshot of a sidewalk Hydrangea, blooming in white on a Pittsburgh sidewalk.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 17

Night Lily

Three backyard lily blossoms, after dark (Pittsburgh PA).

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 15

Rhododendron (Pittsburgh)

A pink and cream colored rhododendron blossom, dappled with morning dewdrops on a Pittsburgh sidewalk.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 10

Backyard rose, at dusk

A pink rose, blooming in an Austin TX backyard, in the early evening.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 7

#pittsburghpride2026

A handmade sign leaning against a tree at the 2026 Pittsburgh Pride in Allegheny Commons: “Identity Is *Not A* Debate.”

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 5

A gift to the street (Pittsburgh)

A blooming yellow rose on a Manchester neighborhood sidewalk in Pittsburgh Penna.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· Jun 2

Thrift store painting: $9.62 Red (Pittsburgh PA)

A large painting of a hill and valley, with houses and villas in the foreground and along the slopes beyond, and with a white columned and gray domed palace or temple on the highest point in the background. Labeled $9.62 Red, at a Pittsburgh thrift store on Ohio River Boulevard.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 30

CMNH Lecture Hall filling up #pghbookfest

A snapshot of the Lecture Hall at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, as crowds gather for an author reading at the 2026 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 25

Bear corn (Conopholis americana)

A cellphone pic of Conopholis americana, by the path at the Whiting Street Reservoir (Holyoke MA).

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 23

Return, “Combined & Compiled by Carolyn Zaikowski.”

One of a series of public poems “inspired by community offerings at Park Hill Orchard during the autumn of 2025 … combined & compiled by Easthampton Poet Laureate Carolyn Zaikowski …”

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 23

Arthur Terembula (Northampton MA)

Arthur Terembula performing country blues at Northampton’s Parlor Room, in b&w.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 22

Rhodo (Easthampton MA)

A square cellphone pic of a rhododendron blossom, on an Easthampton MA sidewalk.

Jim Kuhn (he/him)@jckuhn4· May 18

Thrift store painting (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

A painting of a beached fishing trawler, for sale at the Red White & Blue Thrift Store on Ohio River Boulevard.