uh, no, no milk at midnight. and uh, no popsicles at midnight or for breakfast either. bolt, again? today? uh, no. wallE, again? today? nah. in bed all day watching tv? well, no uh, no laying down and eating. no. peeing laying down? well, no. no, no. everyone who comes to visit us does NOT […]
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by jkh
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we had dinner of a salad and chicken and are watching Bolt. just him in his bed and me in a chair. it’s a friday night, so we normally watch a movie as a family, but tonight it’s just him and me. brian is at home. sebastien is at grandma and pop-pop’s. oren and i […]
Posted on December 12th, 2009 by jkh
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my essay “three” that is part of my thesis, mommy’s doing pull-ups in the basement again, is published here. woo hoo! (though i have to say, it’s kind of anticlimactic when my work is alongside those who have had “over five hundred poems published”. well, only slightly… woo hoo! i’m published!)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by jkh
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while he and seb sat together on the couch and brian and i sat working on our computers in the dining room, “you guys can talk chothers, and we can talk chothers, cause me and seb are sitting out here on the couch drinking juice and you guys are sitting in there.” of course, it […]
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by jkh
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oi! i don’t know what i was thinking. in other years when we have climbed at rifle, we’ve had at the very least 4 days of climbing in the park. having at least 4 climbing days is necessary just to get one’s head into it. climbing on slippery limestone can be a little daunting if […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by jkh
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we adults have been playing this game every possible evening. we’re totally addicted and talk about the previous night’s game the next morning as if we really are settlers of catan… this may be the beginning of a d&d-type craze in our family. okay, maybe not.
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by jkh
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in broomfield CO for a few days now. the two days of driving it took us to get here felt … short. i’m not exactly lying through my teeth. admittedly, the end of the first day of driving at about 11p on the other side of st. louis MO seemed more like the end of […]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by jkh
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i suck at painting. not artistic, pretty picture painting, although i have a feeling i could muck that up too, but your common interior wall painting. the kind of painting every other person in the whole world does on a slightly regular basis (every 5 years or so?), and oh so much better than me. […]
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by jkh
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well, i’m officially, 100% done with school. last night was the final reading for us creative writing MFA graduates. sixteen of us had our five minutes of glory, reading from our respective theses (be really careful saying this word cause if your not, it could come out sound like ‘feces’). so this is what i […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by jkh
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the most important thing sebastien learned during his fifth year of life! at five-and-a-half, little seb learned how to whistle (he gives his cousin noah credit for this), and i think i can honestly say that he hasn’t ceased since. at least i always know where he is…
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by jkh
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