Kimberly Hirsh

After all that thinking about traveler’s journals and field journals, I think I’m going to end up sticking with an official Bullet Journal or Leuchtterm A5. It’s been 10 years since I started living in a single notebook and it’s really working for me. So some years I buy a second one; that’s okay.

My word for 2025 is MORE. I want to do more next year. Details forthcoming.

It took over a week, but my little web lab(yrinth) is live. (Previously mentioned here.)

Finished reading: Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚

Most of this book is set in the Smoky Mountains near Asheville and I just kept thinking about all the aftermath of Hurricane Helene up there. This book was published in 1997.

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Finished reading: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera 📚

I love Adriana Herrera’s Las Leonas series so much. This is a very hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Paris, Scotland, an awesome woman running a business and taking care of her sister. Top notch. Highly recommend.

Finished reading: Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet 📚

White wrote the first novels I remember reading: Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. This children’s biography had me tearing up several times. Highly recommend.

Hello friends! If you’re seeing this on BlueSky, that’s because my website automatically syndicates there. Your replies get piped back into me via Micro.blog but I only see likes when I actually log in to BlueSky, which I only do every couple of days. Happy you found me there! 💛

💬📚 “Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth…. Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net.” E. B. White, quotes in Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet

💬📚 “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” E. B. White quoted in Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White

Finding myself holding dear to my heart stories where people fight evil in community: Sailor Moon, Buffy Seasons 1-4 & 7.

I have scheduled a sleep study. I think I’m done for the day. I have been productive, right? (I’m also taking the kiddo to the pediatrician this afternoon.)

Bought a new domain and hosting package to have a spot to put random web projects, as one does.

📚💬 “By learning to live with our fear of death, we also learn to live with our fear of that which we cannot control, to sit with the mystery at the heart of life and still appreciate, and with great joy, the life we have been given.” Joanna Ebenstein, Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life

Currently reading: Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life by Joanna Ebenstein 📚

🔖 Read 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won.

This is helpful.

🔖 Read Please publish more (on your website) by Colin Devroe.

Micro.blog is the best way I’ve found to do this. (Full disclosure: I contract for M.b sometimes.)

It is November 7. I am wearing sandals.

On November 9, 2016, I took my one month old baby to the New Parents Group at my doula’s office. Parents and babies sat together and unpacked and grieved election results. Today, I will go to work as a school librarian and hold children in the light.

ThredUp: It’s sweater weather. Weather forecast: It’s going to be 79° F. Me: So like… Short-sleeved sweaters?

Finished reading: Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚

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Finished reading: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 📚

The. Best. 🔥🔥🔥

The Cure might not be goth, but I am, and I’m excited about their new album.

Lukewarm take: Moominpappa is a terrible parent.

🍿 I have watched more Hallmark and Hallmark-style autumnal movies:

• October Kiss
• Haunted Wedding
• You Cast a Spell on Me

The most fun thing with these is recognizing people who had recurring roles on shows you love.

💬📝 “The best writing is often done by persons who are snatching time from something else.” E. B. White