Hayden Parker
917 Cottage St SW
Vienna, VA 22180
E-mail: imissparis@aol.com
Occupation: Writer
Spouse: Tamara Knight
Children: 2
Entry from July 24, 2008
I have a
studio on Ile St. Louis, the small island behind Notre Dame. I write here.
My wife, a Lieutenant Colonel, is Chief of Public Affairs for the Army in
Kaiserslautern, Germany where our home is for the next two-and-half-years.
She and my son Harrison and I travel back and forth on the wonderful
European train system (230+ kph!). My daughter, Leah, was married in Ohio on
July 4th. She is a chef. I am so sorry to hear about Becky's passing. I
remember her as such a nice person in high school.
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On 4/12/08 Hayden writes:
Hello, Everyone, I'm working here in Paris most of the time. I'm doing some
articles and working on a "policier roman" - (literally, a police novel)
that takes place on the island. You can actually Google Earth my address and
see my apartment on the top floor - those are my three windows overlooking
the courtyard! My wife, Tamara, a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and my son,
Harrison, a junior in college, visit me often. It is wonderful here but the
Euro/dollar exchange rate is murder. Last night we ate out and to drink we
shared a large Coke. It was 12 Euros, which, at yesterday's rate, cost
$18.92. I hope everyone is well and happy. Feel free to contact me to say
hello. I recently got an email from a girl friend I knew at Biloxi High
School 49 years ago!
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On 7/6/06 Hayden writes:
Hello, Everyone, I'm married to Tamara Knight. We have a son, Harrison, 17,
a daughter, Leah, 24 and extended family members Metro, Koska, Lurk, Gray
Baby and My Chemical Cat. Tamara is a U.S. Army Major (about to be a
Lieutenant Colonel). She is stationed at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters, Allied
Powers, Europe)where she is a Public Affairs Officer. She completed 20 years
in April but she will do another four years.
We've lived in Central America (The Panama Canal Zone), South Korea (Seoul),
Europe, (Germany) and we're now back in Europe (Belgium). I write for
magazines and newspapers; presently I'm completing a novel about Beat
personalities Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady.
For fun I travel with my son everywhere for great rock concerts (We recently
saw [at separate concerts in Brussels]The White Stripes, Bob Dylan, George
Thorogood and The Violent Femmes, and in Paris, The Eels. I'll pencil-in our
50th reunion in 2011. Who's out there? Best, Hayden
