seb is trying to grasp the idea of size, in a universal sense. it’s kind of hard, so this is what he’s thinking at the moment. the sun is bigger than any of the planets. (true.) it is bigger than skyscrapers (true.)–well, it’s wider, but not taller (well…). skyscrapers are narrow (yes.). IKEA is bigger […]

Posted on September 6th, 2008 by jkh
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that was pwetty ‘mazin’!” says oren as the tape measure snaps back into its holder.

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by jkh
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it occurs to me that this section of anklebiter.net isn’t focused on the kids all the time (pointed out by one of my sisters who asked, do you still have kids?), and that i need to rename it something else, like ‘anklebiters’ mommy’ or something. i dunno. so, this thursday marked the end of my […]

Posted on August 16th, 2008 by jkh
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smells a little bit like body odor. it’s not me! well, it is my hands, but i just finished cutting up rhubarb for this shortbread dessert i’m making for a picnic today. the rhubarb is from the backyard, a place that tends to produce bitter veggies, so i hope it doesn’t taste like body odor […]

Posted on August 8th, 2008 by jkh
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The tomato plant has completely smothered the green pepper plant and is starting to oppress the limelight hedrangea. The sumac weed (tree) we cut down has sent hundreds of shiny new shoots sprouting throughout the entire backyard. The aphids ate the birch tree. The bind weed is trying to strangle the black-eyed susans. The pineapple […]

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by jkh
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go here and click on the slideshow for a funny story about a t rex we lost while climbing a couple weekends ago. a special thanks goes out to our friends john and danielle. and tyranny did make it safely home.

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by jkh
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mommy, they aren’t ALIVE. they’re EXTINCT. they’re just BONES. this was seb’s response to my question whether the t. rexes were fighting over another dead, partially ingested dinosaur. the boys and daddy (theirs, not mine) visited the carnegie museum of natural history while i was away at class all afternoon. the t. rex exhibit was […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by jkh
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once upon a time, there was a little Dante (a robot NASA has developed to explore volcanoes to start and other planets possibly in the future). he went into a volcano, and it exploded. he fell apart! *giggle giggle* and then he added a penname: shannon toughlite. (don’t ask, ’cause i can’t tell ya.)

Posted on June 13th, 2008 by jkh
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Pumped Out Muscle contraction is chemical. The hand reaches for a pocket in the sheer rock face. “Contract!” says the electrical impulse from the brain. The motor nerve and the muscle meet at the neuromuscular junction. Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter transfers this message across the junction and is then destroyed by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The muscle […]

Posted on June 7th, 2008 by jkh
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What is it that pulls me out of the city and into the so-called wilderness? The comparative silence? And what is it I am listening for in this quiet that we find? Myself? Nature? God? It is all three of these combined because they cannot be separated. Wilderness to me as a young girl, although […]

Posted on June 7th, 2008 by jkh
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