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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

  • Happy Turkey Day!

    1https://www.amazon.com/Nap-Time-Paintings-Jennifer-Hynes/dp/1543455581 My book is BACK! Tomorrow is the big shopping day, my book is the BEST gift! Amazon only has soft copies. To get a hard bound you need to… Read more

  • Self Indulgence

    To interact, that is one of the reasons I write and make art. To communicate. To express myself. The internet helps me connect with the world. People make fun of… Read more

  • Where do the missing pages in books go?

    “Pajaro-cu-cu”, today I read this book to Fiona, this old book from my childhood, one of my favorites. I wonder, how did it even survive this long? It’s a book… Read more

  • Revision:

    Revision:   My book, “Nap Time Paintings, Thoughts on Motherhood through the eyes of an artist, Essays and Artwork by Jennifer Hynes” is off to the printer. It should be… Read more

  • Poop Parenting

    Jack calls my name many times, in a row, “Mama”. I am sitting on the floor with Fiona cutting out scotty dogs from birthday bags. I am so engrossed in… Read more

  • “Feminism” (A piece that was censored during C.E. out of my manuscript) written in May 2017

    FEMINISM   On the way to Target the other day I was listening to the news, the recent news of Trump and the woman he “Octopus armed” on the airplane.… Read more

  • Fruition : the point at which a plan or project is realized

    Sunday I bring my work to the Fourth Wall Gallery! I am looking forward to seeing all my pieces for “Never Enough Time” in a beautiful Gallery. Strange how time… Read more

  • Never Enough Time, One Year Ago it Began

    A windy fall afternoon, the ground adorned with large light tan fig leaves with rusty tops. Pink and magenta bougainvillea leaves, wispy sticks and thick sticks. Deep red wine. Long… Read more

  • Women, Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?

    Why would a woman tell another woman she shouldn’t have kids because it will ruin her life, ruin her art career, ruin her body, take away all her freedoms? It… Read more

  • Never Enough Time

    Mom will you drive me to school and pick me up today?” Fiona, age 3″No, today is my studio day” Me “Why do you have to go to the studio?… Read more

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