Dirty Laundry Blog by Jennifer Hynes

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  • The Good Luck

    Focus on the good luck The rocket lands in the ocean By sheer luck nothing catches on fire this weekend, We are healthy- alive- under quiet dry skies, Birds chirp,… Read more

  • ADR’s and Cat Scan’s Oh My

    “Mom, did you wear hearing aids when you were a baby?” “No Fiona, I didn’t because I when I was born, I could hear. “ “I don’t want to wear… Read more

  • Fading Moss on the Tree Trunks

    Creek, only a trickle of water left below a backdrop of tan hills. Rust colored bay leaves on the dry ground, fallen tree, roots exposed, cut, covered in dirt, spiderwebs.… Read more

  • Bright Sun Fun

    Kiddie pool, unicorn fountain, sunshine, birds chirp, fun summertime day. Fiona doesn’t have on her Right hearing aid. Now I don’t even put her left hearing aid in because it… Read more

  • Shifting, changing, losing hearing, gaining sign language

    “I’m perplexed” the audiologist said after explaining Fiona’s new audiogram. “You need to take her to the head and neck doctor as soon as possible” While me and Fiona’s teacher… Read more

  • On shaky grounds, between sound and silence

    Fiona goes to the bookshelf and grabs storybooks and lays them on the floor in a pile. She counts out seven books, “one, two, three, four, five, sign language?” she… Read more

  • My dogs getting old and my kids are going to kindergarten

    “You should keep track of your dog” the lady said from down the fire trail as I walked away. I had just asked them if they’d seen my dog. I… Read more

  • New projects, new creative life!

    I picked up my panels for the Sanchez Art Center 2019 50/50 show! 50 paintings in 50 days!!! I’m super excited! My studio is clean and ready! I’m going to… Read more

  • Lost words

    Lost words, When the sounds that roll out of a mouth disappear into the ether, Vocabulary disappears, I have no idea what you are saying to me, This is what… Read more

  • Let dirty laundry pile high, while I watch bees make stops on tops of tall daisies under the blue sky

    It’s a beautiful day. It feels good to be back in Marin. It’s sunny and warm. The daisies are tall, they cover the ground. Bee’s and moths make stops on… Read more

  • Catch Air

    A dark, cold cloud hovers in the sky. As children swim in an empty pool. Waves crash, With a looming shadow on ocean surface, Fiona is building her confidence in… Read more

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