💬📚📝 “The core, ethical concepts in which you most passionately believe are the language in which you are writing.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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
I really needed my past self’s advice to stop trying to optimize myself.
Thanks, me.
Finished reading: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 📚
Listened to the audiobook. This one is very much of its time (2005).
Finished reading: How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks 📚
The pacing in this is wild, and by wild I mean slow. But it was interesting enough to keep me reading.
🍿 Watched This Is My Life.
Nora Ephron’s film directorial debut. I love a story about a mother and her kids.
My very kind and generous household family gave me time and space to rest during the pain phase of my migraine yesterday. I’m now in the postdrome phase and everything feels very weird. I wouldn’t be sad to get another 12 hours of sleep.
The first week of the New Year left me exhausted from peopling. And I came into the second week exhausted from an unusual work schedule. I have to dedicate some time to rest and taking care of my home over the next week.