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RANTS, MUSINGS, AND THE OCCASIONAL DEEP THOUGHT

Jason Hecker

Feb 233 min read

Another Open Letter ...

Dear Liam, Six years ago, when your sister turned one, I wrote her a letter and posted it here on my blog. Two years later, for your...

Jason Hecker

Dec 21, 20214 min read

An Open Letter to My Daughter on her 5th Birthday

Dear Lily Marie – A few mornings ago, you woke up early – like you always do – and climbed into bed with your mother and me. I absolutely...

Jason Hecker

Feb 24, 20203 min read

An Open Letter to my Son on His First Birthday

Son – Today is your special day – your first birthday – and boy, did it start out with a bang! I was holding your sister, Lily, near the...

Jason Hecker

Dec 20, 20181 min read

Attempts at Creativity ...

The Spoon (100 Word Prose Poetry) Cliché’s be damned, we stood beneath the overpass. She held the lighter under the spoon that Jojo kept...

Jason Hecker

Mar 24, 201811 min read

My Top 10 Live Shows (Pt. 2, # 1-5)

Sorry for the delay in posting. Without further ado, here's my Top 5 live shows... 5) Public Enemy at The Grand Ballroom at the Regency...

Jason Hecker

Jan 19, 20189 min read

My Top 10 Live Shows Pt. 1 (#6-10)

You never forget your first. Mine was The Kinks, on March 12, 1985* (Huge shoutout to Setlist.fm, a crowdsourced website that tracks...

Jason Hecker

Dec 27, 20175 min read

An Open Letter to my Daughter on Her First Birthday

Dear Lily – Happy birthday, Mamalah! I can’t believe that it’s been a year since you were born. I can say without hesitation that this...

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