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

  • From this day forward, I will not cave to Undue Demands!

    I don’t mind if you watch TV, this thought flashes through my mind as I sit at my laptop.  But I don’t turn on the T.V. yet. “Mama, look at… Read more

  • Fish Sticks and French Fries

    I go downstairs to check on Jack, it’s 5- something Saturday afternoon. I’ve got fish sticks and French fries in the oven. I walk in Jack’s room and he’s lying… Read more

  • I called myself Mom for the first time I owned it

    I notice the sound of my hands on the paper as I smooth down a piece of collage. So quiet and peaceful. After days of no break, no studio, no… Read more

  • A Sunny Panick

    Afternoon. Monday the 30th of December. Studio. Painting. Just wrote a piece about how I’m “Feeling”, politically. Can’t publish it. I’m scared. Scared of a police state. Loop in my… Read more

  • Erasing Us

    Everything is quiet now, except the sound of an airplane, a few construction projects in the neighborhood, trucks fixing a mudslide up the hill, the clank of bottles being dumped… Read more

  • World Spinning

    Studio Day. Extremely grateful for studio time. Got a lot done, had fun. Day’s from the first line. On to the next line. Bang bang bang the guitar. Scream. Paint,… Read more

  • We’re just here

    Jacks says, “No, we’re just here”. Bouncing, my weight pulling down the airplane three-person teeter totter. We’re the only ones at the park. Civic Center. Marin Civic Center. “The Mitten”… Read more

  • Lifelines

    I walk into my studio. I feel I can only accomplish a small amount of work, not much time left before my babysitter is off. I look at my notebooks,… Read more

  • Slow down, imagine simplicity like a winter bee under the bright sun

    I start by picking up paints, drawings, stamps, brushes, from this week, when, I brought Fiona into my studio to paint. I gave her my giant piece of charcoal; look… Read more

  • White Rabbit

    I pull off a book from the shelf in my studio, looking for something to use in my new notebook project. It’s an old Sunset Vegetable Gardening book. At first… Read more

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