Aaron Albert Haley
10th Wedding Anniversary
My best friend, Dee, was helping me lace up the bodice of my wedding gown when we heard the sounds coming from another bathroom on the other side of the house. Dee looked confused, but I just smiled. I knew that sound. I knew that voice. That was my soon-to-be husband, singing his heart out in […]
St. Paul Outside-the-Walls
He had just completed two flights from Seattle to Newark, then JFK to Rome, and he had just a few hours in Rome before hopping another flight to Istanbul. Somewhere in his rush to see as much of Rome as he could, he zagged when he should have zigged, and found himself in front of […]
Istanbul (not Constantinople)
My husband just returned from a quick trip to Istanbul, where he presented a paper at the International Society for Iranian Studies conference. If you ever wanted someone with whom to discuss the Gothic Sublime, and repetition and imagery in Sadeq Hedayat’s The Blind Owl, I’ve got your man. Also, here’s some pictures he took […]
The Day My Husband Threw Up and Saved Our Relationship
I’ve been procrastinating on writing a blog post for a very long time now. It’s Christmas. It’s the end of the year. It’s the beginning of the new year. So much pressure to write a deep, meaningful, soul searching, profound piece that sums up the meaning of life, and what I’ve learned this year. Or […]
PNW Highland Games 2009
As it turns out, I have a lot to learn about packing my daughter up to go anywhere more than 5 minutes away from home. This weekend was the PNW Highland Games in Enumclaw, Washington. We go every year. Every year we get sunburned, eat greasy food, and listen to really loud music – and […]
Tummy Time
Aaron Haley and Gem during tummy time
Falling in Love
Canon Beach, Oregon 2003 Aaron and Rufus: I had forgotten to pack any toys for Rufus, so Aaron took one of his socks and filled it with sand. It amazes me sometimes how the simplest things make the best toys. The $40 toy for your toddler is no match for the box it came in. It was […]
The Hammock
As usual, I spent the vast majority of my time at cheese days in the hammock. As a result, the vast majority of my photos are of items I could spy from the hammock. Side Note to Hammock Manufacturers: Is it so difficult to come up with a hammock design that allows one to get […]
On Alaska and Men
This is my husband when he visits Alaska. And this is my husband when he’s not in Alaska. I guess “When in Rome….” The men outnumber the women in Alaska by something like 2:1, so you’d think the odds of finding a good man were pretty good. I had to move to Washington to find […]
Mr. H’s Very Big Day
Today was a big day. A very big day. As with most very big days, it involved a lot of waiting. And people herded like animals into areas where they can do some more waiting. There were some important people, like Quincy Jones and Bill Gates. There were speeches. And more speeches. And more speeches. […]