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Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC
Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
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Recent posts
Finished reading: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi 📚
I read this start-to-finish in about 8 hours. It’s a romance that illuminates grief and what can come after. It made me cry. It made me hungry. Highly recommend.
My On This Day page surfaced this blog post today:
Constructing websites as constructing ourselves: Thinking out loud
I still think about this all the time. I still feel that as I build my site, I’m building myself.
Apparently my idea for what counts as the prettiest hair is bound to the year 1993. This soft hair on Deanna Troi, with thin bangs, the front pulled up, tendrils in drint of the ears, and big loose curls in the back resonates for me as true beauty. (ST:TNG 7x11 Parallels, airdate 11/29/93) 🖖🏻
I seem to have no attention span today. I’m going to blame the postdrome stage of migraine.
Finished reading: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 📚
This is a beautiful homage to Pride & Prejudice, as well as to the Toronto Muslim community. A sweet love story with beautiful language. And so much tasty-sounding food and drink! Highly recommend.
📝 Brilliant gem from Jaya Saxena in today’s #1000WordsOfSummer letter:
my writing got better the moment I allowed myself to be the kind of writer I am, even if I don’t work the same way as the writers I want to be.
📚 Me, reading Ayesha At Last: This is a Pride & Prejudice retelling, I know this, so when is Khalid going to go all Mr. Darcy?
Author Uzma Jalaluddin, on page 40: Here you go.
I am on Day 4 of a migraine. I’m about to try a new medication for it. Here’s hoping it makes a difference.
Picard: I feel as if I’m in the Scottish Highlands.
Colonist: The cornerstone of every building was taken from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen…
Me, A Jerk: Those aren’t in the highlands.
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