hippohank http://hippohank.com/ because hank sees things differently en Copyright 2010 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:20:14 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Oh, nose!

OH, NOSE!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2010/01/oh_nose.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2010/01/oh_nose.html Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:20:14 -0500 Birthday Girl! Happy birthday, 9 year old!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/12/post_2.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/12/post_2.html Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:30:33 -0500 Sounds of Snow


Sounds of Snow
My feelings toward snow
are as varied as the flakes.
Gentle dustings of
early snow adorn naked
trees left bare by autumn winds.

Snowing makes a sound
like wind from butterflies' wings
scattered across windshields.
Cause poor visibility
as they sparkle in the sun.

Come February
ice storms, wind chills, scrapping, and
slipping on the walk,
cease the thoughts of flutterings.
The sound of snow drowned by plows.
]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/12/sounds_of_snow.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/12/sounds_of_snow.html Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:53:45 -0500 Turkey


Hank hopes you had a gratifying turkey day.]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/11/turkey.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/11/turkey.html Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:13:03 -0500 Flirting with Dragonfly Heard the news today
and it wasn't good.
Couldn't get the radio switched
off fast enough.
Death tolls continued to ring
in my ear.

Got out for coffee.
Every laptop on most tables,
more details revealed.
One lonely newspaper in the corner,
old news already.

Escaped outside, free of wifi
and those leashed to it.
By myself until a dragonfly delicately landed
on the brim of my cup
and seemed to say, "You're silly."

Dragonfly wings remind me of paper kites
lost to trees.
Things that tear.
But the dragonfly defies that,
hovers around my head
like laughing.

"You're right, I am silly."
Strange that today of all days
is the day I flirt with a dragonfly.
I smile, despite myself.
I smile to spite myself.


]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/flirting_with_dragonfly.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/flirting_with_dragonfly.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:07:43 -0500 A Birthday I say, "No way," but I know better because when my son was born I discovered she was right.
Now when my children say, "No Way, " I look at them the way my mom still looks at me, with that bit of weariness around the eyes that says, You have no idea.
My son turned 10 yesterday, but I remember it all as if it were yesterday.

Tunneling through the valley
with the sway and a clack, clack
a rock-a-bye for my submerged Peanut
also dreaming of trains.

Zigzags of cinderblock gray burst open
with light and color of backyards along the track.
The intimacy of a clothesline, while shouldering a stranger
with the rhythm of the sway

and the beat of my heart soothes the one close to me,
I've yet to meet, while I nod along with the clack, clack.
The first leg of our journey is a peaceful one,
displaying the signs of life revealed to us along the way.

Then
cast through the air, flung back to the desert,
I'm the only one not singing Viva Las Vegas.
Patchworks of growth below become dusty, revealing less signs of life.
"No, thanks" to the fourth offer of a drink. "I'm pregnant," works on the fifth.
Viva Las Vegas, your birthplace,
but don't worry, Peanut, we won't stay long.
You can take the Valley Girl out of the valley,
but never, like totally,
remove the valley from the girl.


Today I celebrate the both of us... the three of us... the four of us... the six of us...
all of us.]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/post_1.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/post_1.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:26:11 -0500 Little Frog!

Hey look, I found a little frog!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/little_frog.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/10/little_frog.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:51:03 -0500 We Need To talk ]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/09/we_need_to_talk_1.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/09/we_need_to_talk_1.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:45:44 -0500 Red Bird :( If this wasn't irritating enough...



... the red bird has been at the wild berries.
I know this because there is berry colored poo all over our window ledge, deck, and bench as well as berry bird slobber all over our windows.
Hank loves those berries.




Good-bye Red Bird, I'm very sorry about the hippo


What am I going to tell his wife



and kids



That's a really bad hippo!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/07/red_bird.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/07/red_bird.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:17:09 -0500 Random Hippo Sighting
Don't drink the water!

photo by mom]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/07/random_hippo_sighting.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/07/random_hippo_sighting.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:16:32 -0500 hank's lesson in sharing
Cats played by Chamomile and Inky.
hank as himself]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/06/hanks_lesson_in_sharing.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/06/hanks_lesson_in_sharing.html Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:04:59 -0500 Ask Alice

If I could shrink, just a little, would it be worth it to not hit my head on something, as often as I do?
Would I still be able to reach items on top shelves, for myself and for random strangers in super markets?
I don't know.
I do know that some people with straight hair wish they had more wave while some with curly hair wish theirs was straighter.
Some people with red hair wish their hair wasn't red, while a lot of brunettes dye their hair blond.
Some go grey and others cover it up.
Hitting my head hurts, but if I was shorter, would I wish I was taller?
There are many examples of this sort of questioning going horribly wrong in film and literature.

Hank *is* a very small hippo,
so you can't really blame him for trying.


Thank you Zo for the comic!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/ask_alice.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/ask_alice.html Sat, 23 May 2009 12:29:21 -0500 hank and kids

Hank, tiny and cute, but not very good with kids.


]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/hank_and_kids.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/hank_and_kids.html Thu, 14 May 2009 16:12:30 -0500 new friends

Hi, I'm Hank! I recommend the granola!]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/post.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/post.html Sun, 10 May 2009 16:26:49 -0500 Lily of the valley

Who rang that bell?]]> http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/lily_of_the_valley.html http://hippohank.com/blog2/2009/05/lily_of_the_valley.html Sat, 09 May 2009 09:40:52 -0500