we’re hitting the open road again. tomorrow. the pouring down rain and temps in the 40s today–classic ‘burgh springtime–is chasing us to the desert. hueco tanks is calling us back for another climbing adventure, a revisiting of last year. the young ones have shorn heads to accommodate the heat. 88 degrees fahrenheit on saturday, our first […]
Posted on April 12th, 2011 by jkh
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Here is a little slideshow of photos my friend JOhn took one day in July of me working on Apollo.
Posted on November 23rd, 2010 by jkh
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oren: the other day i lost my brain cap. everyone else: huh? me: imagining his brains spilling out of a hole while he’s bending over looking around for the cap. (can you blame me?) oren: you know, i couldn’t remember something. i lost my brain cap. some of us: ooooooh, you mean your thinking cap? […]
Posted on November 19th, 2010 by jkh
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one of my favorite essays from my thesis has been published! check out “Born to Climb” at Stymie Magazine, on page 51. this takes you to a strange online reader, and if you do a little bit of looking around, you can make some adjustments so it’s in a format that works best for you. […]
Posted on November 19th, 2010 by jkh
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(disclaimer: this post might only be exciting to me, but that’s okay. here is my place to spray instead of facebook.) i have been waiting all year to write this post. i had the title picked out sometime in january. 13.1 miles. in january, i decided to train for a half marathon. i trained to […]
Posted on November 19th, 2010 by jkh
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just now, oren was having trouble getting out of his chair, so he exclaimed, “oh man, my bum is SO big!”
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by jkh
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at things both of my kids said to me today. me: oren just take the bag down to the kitchen. food doesn’t belong in my room or yours. oren: but mommy! all the crackers (read: cwackows) will fall out of the bag all over the floor (read: ovow the flow)! because everything is hangin’ out […]
Posted on June 25th, 2010 by jkh
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oren had a ct scan and follow up with his neurosurgeon today. he handled getting the iv well (for the contrast fluid to be pumped into his veins for the ct scan to show blood flow). he was still for the scan and they got a good picture–he’s an old pro, i suppose. at the […]
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by jkh
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when i walked down the steps this morning first thing, i was met with a view of my two sons sitting together on the couch. it isn’t that this never happens, but what made it so special was that the older had a book open and was reading to the younger. and no one had […]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by jkh
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the temps today are in the 30s, and if there wasn’t snow on the ground, i think we’d be running around without jackets and mittens on. well, at least the mittens. i just sent oren and seb to play outside, because what good is homeschooling if we don’t play outside while everyone in school is […]
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by jkh
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