Welcome to "Fine Words Butter No Parsnips," a website consisting of fiction, art, photography and mechanical things.

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Everything here is an original work and is protected under U.S. and international copyright law. Copyright © 2005-2008. All rights reserved.

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Who are we? A nuclear family. Where are we? Just down the street from you perhaps.

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Every once in awhile, we update the site. We cordially invite you to join our mailing list to receive an email when new things are added.

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Here are our biographies, in order of our height: Jesse is a journalist, Maureen is an artist and Abigail is an editrix. Here is approximately what we look like.

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If you like this site, we ask one favor, which is that you please tell a friend.

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Maureen's fine-art work has been exhibited in galleries and museums world-wide, from Tokyo, to San Francisco, to the National Arts Club in New York City. Her work has twice been featured in American Artist magazine.

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Jesse's photos have been shown in galleries in and around New York City including the Edward Hopper House gallery, ABC No Rio, the Carriage House Center, Photographic, and the Chrystie Street Gallery.

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Abigail and Maureen currently are collaborating on an illustrated children's book.

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"Parsnips" has been cited in the Manhattan User's Guide ("a promising fledgling webzine!") and by Flak Magazine ("smoothest!") We have fans at StumbleUpon and chaoskitty/webzen, a design site. Glamour magazine plugged us, and The Scotsman newspaper wrote that FWBNP "contains a wealth of entertainment" and called it "sharply beautiful." The Indiana Plein Air Painters' Association says we made them laugh out loud.

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The proverb "fine words butter no parsnips" is just another way of saying "talk is cheap." Here's more about the name.

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To see our other sites and creative projects, click on the ceramic leg.

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