Feb 4, 2010 Posted by Kim Werker

That Woo-Woo Money Thing

free-sign by Flickr user koka_sexton (CC-Attribution license) Diane Gilleland has been writing and podcasting (with Paul over at Dudecraft) about “free” this week, and as always I’ve been reading and listening with giddy excitement because she tackles such big ideas so simply and eloquently. In her post today over at Make & Meaning, she ends with a point that’s made all the... read more

Jul 28, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Interviews and Essays

It’s a busy heatwavy week over here. As the dog alternates between sleeping and panting and I sit very slowly wishing I could do the same (everything is done very slowly during a heatwave, see), I marvel a bit about how much I’m getting done. First, here’s a link to the interview I did with Mary Beth on Getting Loopy last night. The audio quality isn’t great, but we talked about the... read more

May 7, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

This Odd Year: A Third Through

So the first four months of my yearlong amorphous adventure have passed and I thought I’d explore what I did with myself, what I’d planned to do with myself, what I’m doing now and what I might do next. If you’re unfamiliar with all this, I’ll sum up: I quit my job at the end of last year, sold a business, and essentially set myself up to take a year to do with what I please,... read more

Apr 1, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Making Mischief of One Kind and Another

Image via Wikipedia I had two favourite books when I was a young child. One became the seed of my desperate need to see absurdity in every day life (The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, by Dr. Seuss), and the other led me to befriend monsters and explore my imagination without bounds, knowing that the safety of home would always be there when I was ready to come back to it (Where the Wild Things Are, by... read more

Dec 23, 2008 Posted by Kim Werker

2009 Reading Lists (Oh my!)

Nothing like going into a new year with a heaping pile of books to read. After considering high-school reads I want to revisit, I stumbled upon the 9 Books for 2009 challenge to work through books in your TBR (to be read) stack. Actually, it was very useful to even gather together a comprehensive stack, collecting books from shelves and piles around the house. Here’s what I’ll be ticking off... read more