Monthly Archives: June 2006

Worse than Agnes

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Kirsten

The Susquehannah is still above flood stage in Binghamton. I’m IMing my dad right now. He’s passing along the news. The worst, he says, is the gas leaks. A couple of homes have blown up. It’s a mess. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | 1 Comment

How they find me

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Kirsten

I have access to a couple different website traffic statistics services through my hosting plan, and every once in awhile I scan the list of search phrases people have used to find this blog. Some of them match up pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments

Floods

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Kirsten

The weather system that dumped all that water on the Mid-Atlantic states didn’t make it to Rochester. I got an inch of rain here the day before yesterday, and that’s about the extent of it. The Southern Tier, where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Comments Off

Does the money in your bank account belong to you?

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Kirsten

Not if you’ve given your account information to Paypal. If you’ve given your account information to Paypal, your account now belongs to Paypal, too. Some time ago, I signed up for a newsletter that was paid for through Paypal via … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | 4 Comments

Got a nibble

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Kirsten

I have a draft of my new novel done, I’ve started querying, and I’ve gotten my first nibble: request for partial came in late yesterday, emailed it out today. Nothing in the world is more fun than this. Even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | 2 Comments

Art world gone mad

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Kirsten

You know that, nowadays, anything is art. So this story was probably inevitable: Artist David Hensel submitted a sculpture to London’s Royal Academy of Arts for consideration for its upcoming “Exhibit 1201″ exhibit. But at some point in transit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Comments Off

A writer who does it right

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Kirsten

Diana Peterfreund is a blogger and debut novelist who is a member of several Yahoo forums I’m also on. I’ve been impressed many times by her generosity and the incisiveness of her comments. She’s a smart cookie who takes the … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | 2 Comments

New Lit Agency on my Blogroll

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Kirsten

Wylie-Merrick. Great stuff. Technorati Tags: writing, literary agents

Posted in Writing | Comments Off

Talkin’ bout my-yyy piano

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Kirsten

One of the most fabulous gifts my parents ever gave me was piano lessons. I started them in second grade. Once a week, after school, I’d walk across town from the Oxford elementary school, where my mom was a fourth … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | 1 Comment

Corgis and children

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Kirsten

Some years ago, a Corgi rescue organization asked permission to reprint a post I wrote for a Yahoo forum on their website. They folded my post into an article they published for people who wonder if Corgis are a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | 2 Comments