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.
Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.
Third anonymous question: If you could choose any career would it be what you’re doing right now or something else?
My answer: This is such a hard question. I would be a professional musical theater performer and fiction writer if I could but I do love my work.
Second anonymous question: Who’s the last person you texted?
My answer: My sister
First anonymous question: Hottest sport?
My answer: I don’t really sport and I’m super heat sensitive so… All of them that aren’t water or snow sports?
Saw @heroicendeavour@glammr.us answering anonymous questions and thought it might be fun to do this myself. I reserve the right to refuse to answer any question but if you want to get in my nonny inbox, here’s the link to send me a question.
Did the PBS Kids NYE countdown so… Here’s to some good stuff happening in 2023.
I don’t know if I’ll get to do all the year-end/new year transition things I’d hoped to do today: tarot stuff, bullet journal migration. I need a nap and my right wrist is hurting and I think my left will soon follow. But guess what? Listening to my body is a great way to mark this transition.
Instead of one word for 2023, I have two:
ADVENTURE + REST
Tomorrow I’ll share more about my intentions for the year with Leigh Bardugo’s Begin As You Mean to Go On and Kim Werker’s Year of Making. But I have three intentions for the new year:
More on those tomorrow.
And I want to keep moving toward living in alignment with my core values:
That’s all for now. I’ll share more soon.
On this day last year, I wrote:
“…my word of the year for 2022 is MEND. My goal is to keep going.”
Last night I quote tweeted someone who said “Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2022 that you’re proud of.” & added:
“I kept going.”
It feels good to achieve a goal.
PS If you’re wondering why I’m still awake at 4 it’s because my mom keeps having miserable side effects from the TKIs for her leukemia and then I worry and my body goes into anxiety mode. Also all my dreams now are stress dreams and I don’t want them.
My Child Woke Me Up at 1:30 and I’m Still Awake at 4: The Kimberly Hirsh Story
I’m calling it for the year. I’m not going to try to squeeze one more in before the end of the day tomorrow. When I wrote my year in reading post on December 2, I’d read 46 books this year. I’ve read 5 more since. I’ve also got a nifty new Micro.blog plug-in that will show you the covers of all the books I read.
Not a lot has changed in terms of my favorites since that original post. Hildafolk and The Bloody Chamber continue to be standouts. I’m very happy to be caught up on Leigh Bardugo just in time to get behind again when my preorder for Hell Bent comes in.
Season of Love is a recent favorite. Raybearer was super compelling and as I’ve started the sequel, that’ll probably be my next finished read.
I’ve got Bloodmarked on hold but it’s a wait of about 14 weeks. (I’m going to buy the paperback when it comes out so it’ll match my copy of Legendborn.)
