--- title: Penguin Ponderings description: The personal blog of John T. Jones for sharing writings, commentary, and general musings. --- [Skip to content](https://johntjones.com/blog#main-content) [John T. 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My grandfather did too. Then came a generation that didn... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/four-generations-of-hats-at-henry-the-hatter) [![Art as an outlet a guitar in a dark corner](https://johntjones.com/hubfs/Art%20as%20an%20Outline%20-%20A%20Guitar%20in%20a%20Dark%20Corner.png)](https://johntjones.com/blog/why-art-is-an-outlet-and-not-just-for-grief) [Reflection](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/reflection) ## [Why Art Is an Outlet and Not Just for Grief](https://johntjones.com/blog/why-art-is-an-outlet-and-not-just-for-grief) Jun 3, 2026 7:37:57 PM I kept a wide circle of friends during my undergraduate years, from scientists to historians and phi... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/why-art-is-an-outlet-and-not-just-for-grief) [![Woody Hoover and John T. 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[Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/remembering-harwood-woody-hoover-jr) [![Frank Lloyd Wright and Steve Jobs Comparison](https://johntjones.com/hubfs/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20and%20Steve%20Jobs%20Comparison.jpg)](https://johntjones.com/blog/frank-lloyd-wright-and-steve-jobs-parallel-genius-parallel-vision) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/frank-lloyd-wright) ## [Frank Lloyd Wright and Steve Jobs: Parallel Genius, Parallel Vision](https://johntjones.com/blog/frank-lloyd-wright-and-steve-jobs-parallel-genius-parallel-vision) Nov 10, 2025 5:36:00 PM The Surprising Parallels Between America's Greatest Architect and Its Most Iconic Technologist This ... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/frank-lloyd-wright-and-steve-jobs-parallel-genius-parallel-vision) [![Frank Lloyd Wright's Meyer May House](https://johntjones.com/hubfs/Meyer%20May%20House%20Exterior%20from%20450%20Madison%20Street%20Corner.jpg)](https://johntjones.com/blog/inside-frank-lloyd-wrights-meyer-may-house-what-200-tours-taught-me) [Meyer May House](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/meyer-may-house), [Architecture](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/architecture), [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/frank-lloyd-wright) ## [Inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s Meyer May House: What 250+ Tours Taught Me](https://johntjones.com/blog/inside-frank-lloyd-wrights-meyer-may-house-what-200-tours-taught-me) Jun 17, 2025 2:27:00 PM Ten years as a docent and what Wright’s most complete Prairie interior reveals about the way we make... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/inside-frank-lloyd-wrights-meyer-may-house-what-200-tours-taught-me) [![](https://johntjones.com/hubfs/Nanny%20and%20John.jpg)](https://johntjones.com/blog/the-weekly-rituals-my-grandmother-never-gave-up-and-why-she-was-right) [Reflection](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/reflection) ## [The Weekly Rituals My Grandmother Never Gave Up—and Why She Was Right](https://johntjones.com/blog/the-weekly-rituals-my-grandmother-never-gave-up-and-why-she-was-right) Jan 14, 2025 6:52:00 AM A few times each year until her death in 2017 at 89, I would visit my grandmother at her summer resi... 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[Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/why-study-business-and-marketing) [![Marlene Charleston](https://johntjones.com/hubfs/Marlene%20Charleston.webp)](https://johntjones.com/blog/the-unenviable-comfy-couch) [Reflection](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/reflection) ## [The Unenviable Comfy Couch](https://johntjones.com/blog/the-unenviable-comfy-couch) Jan 27, 2020 10:12:00 AM Originally Written: January 2020 Revised: November 2024 It seems that everyone in life is always eye... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/the-unenviable-comfy-couch) [Reflection](https://johntjones.com/blog/tag/reflection) ## [Walls That Whisper](https://johntjones.com/blog/walls-that-whisper) Jul 27, 2010 10:30:00 AM I woke to the last chimes of eight and the quiet ticking of the clock on the dresser. Putting on a r... [Read more](https://johntjones.com/blog/walls-that-whisper) --- # John T. 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