🔖 Go read what Tim Carmody has to say about two songs from “The Muppet Movie”. I’m hoping to be able to write a detailed response but for now I’ll just say it’s beautiful and it resonates with me deeply.
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
“Wellness” day #1: Wrote ~1700 words for my dissertation, outlined the methods section for an article. Maybe time to get a breath of fresh air and do something fun. (Limiting anxiety attacks from undone work counts as a wellness, activity okay?)
Here are some things I’m not interested in:
- content marketing
- lead magnets
- analytics
- clickthrough
- SEO
- branded partnerships
- the hustle
Here are some things I am interested in:
- stories
- love
🔖 The spellbinding history of cheese and witchcraft is the witchy content I didn’t know I needed. 🧙♀️🧀
I’m so psyched to read all the articles fan studies scholars are going to write about #DeanCasWedding.
Doing more lurking/replying than posting rn. I’ve blocked Twitter on my phone. It redirects me to Austin Kleon’s How to Read More post. I do enjoy book & Trek & ac/alt-ac talk tho so I will still visit on my laptop a bit & will link to my long blog posts.
Want to read: Bookish Broads by Lauren Marino 📚
Want to read: We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman 📚
I added >1000 words to the theory chapter of my dissertation today. I’ve still a ways to go, but it’s nice to see such progress.
🔖 One option the New York Times didn’t mention in their piece about keeping a digital commonplace book: doing it on your own website.