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  • This Is 55

    After My First Mountain  There is nothing to do except brace myself.  It’s so cold.  I’m so sick of this wind.  It isn’t just blowing—it howls, whistles, whooshes, then slaps the side of the… Read more

  • Full Disclosure

    I did my radio interview this morning about my book, Nap Time Paintings. It will be available free on i-tunes! It was so fun. I was nervous I would forget… Read more

  • Believe in Me!

    Any one not buy my book yet? Naptime Paintings, Thoughts on Motherhood Through the Eyes of an Artist. Please buy it now. Go to http://www.jenniferhynesbooks.com. If you need a piece… Read more

  • listening Skills

    No internet. That’s good. I was just about to go fiddle around on there instead of writing in my only few minutes to spare today, Jack is watching The Lego… Read more

  • Happy Doesn’t Pay the Bills

    2008, I first think Obama, then it says Time For Change in a circle boarder with three paws and it says PETCO. Then I think that’s the year my mom… Read more

  • Twin Life

    “Are you giving me a ticket?” I ask the parking ticket lady, I can see it’s too late for her to not give me a ticket, she’s already punching in… Read more

  • Messy wake up call

    Lights on, don’t know what time it is. “I peed my bed” says Jack. For a minute I suggest he sleeps in our bed for the rest of the night.… Read more

  • Quiet Observations

    A tea stain from a splatter on thick watercolor paper. One dark line encloses light pink, a red drip and green at the bottom is all I can see of… Read more

  • Gloomy January

    On the brink of nuclear war is what the headline says today. I sit at my computer screen in early January it seems dark and gloomy. My house seems like… Read more

  • Beady eyed old lady at crappy, greasy, gossiping waitress diner

    “The last time I took you guys here, you were little babies. It was one of the first times I took you out to breakfast alone.” I say. “We were… Read more

  • Pears and Blow dryers

    I have never had a pear as delicious as the one I am eating right now. It’s…. I just sat here for seconds, maybe minutes tasting pieces of the pear,… Read more

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