Jo Hawke on August 10th, 2011

Aren’t they cuuuuttteee!!!! Yeah, I know they’re not really monkeys. No tails. But it seems wrong to call them anything else. Why? I have no idea. Why is it that terms we sort of grew up with just sound more right than others? Even if they’re just totally wrong, it’s like they just fit because [...]

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Jo Hawke on July 13th, 2011

It caught my eye as we were walking the other day. A husk. Kevin kicked it. It was empty and brittle. Yeah, I was a little grossed out. It was pretty big, bigger than a quarter. A bug… A shed skin. Something crawled out of there. And it made me think… How often have I [...]

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Jo Hawke on March 7th, 2010

I keep telling myself just to write something, anything. Even if it’s bad (as it surely will be … after all, it’s the First Post), just do something. Be gone, monkey brain! Don’t fiddle with my insecurities. Sure, they’re deeply rooted, but — hey! — I’ve kept them pretty well trimmed back for the last [...]

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