A white woman with dark hair and glasses stands in front of a wall with several words in 3d on it. The word 'BOOK' is centered over her head.
Kimberly Hirsh in front of the wall of words at
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.

Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.

Recent posts

🍿 I’m about 30 minutes into Disney’s Disenchanted and while it definitely doesn’t have the magic of Enchanted, Amy Adams is still a gd delight and I think if you’ve ever had postpartum depression or anxiety you’ll totally get Giselle’s feelings.

🍿 Watched Eve’s Christmas.

This & Back to Christmas have similar premises.

If I woke up to discover I’d had a successful second chance at romance but missed the time between when I traveled back to make the change & the present, I’d be sad.

Because I’m Extremely Online, I joined Hive with the username kimberlyhirsh. Because I’m an IndieWeb person and they have no API at present for me to syndicate to, I’ll have to manually syndicate & so will likely lurk/reply more than I post.

Finished reading: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 📚

I loved it so much. And I’m still pretty confused but that’s okay. 💀

Okay, I have enough people still hanging out on Twitter to stick around, reactivated syndication.

Via @toddgrotenhuis on micro.blog -

Introduce yourself with five video games 🎮:

  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Dragon Age Inquisition
  • Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village
  • Return of the Obra Dinn

Turning off Twitter syndication from my blog. Still syndicating to Tumblr (@kimberlyhirsh) & Mastodon (@kimberlyhirsh@indieweb.social).

I have spent the past 3 hours online shopping for Christmas presents. I have bought ONE gift. But I’ve rejected hundreds, so… Yay?

It really makes me happy to introduce to you Maddie Priebe’s Rainbow Connection Tarot (major arcana only), the most perfect fan artist’s tarot I’ve ever seen. @HistoryMuppet @ToughPigs

You are a creature of flesh. You have all the same bodily needs any wild mammal does.