Tag Archives: Books

~:: Doing Things ::~

Posted on January 6, 2013 by K

As I think about this past strange year (wondering if all years seem strange as you leave them and shoot out the other side), I realize that I have done something really unusual: I’ve actually checked off a giant number … Continue reading →

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~:: shameless self promotion ::~

Posted on July 26, 2012 by K

The promised Great Paperback Giveaway – Oh, but some of you guys probably didn’t see this on Facebook.  Because I can’t give comps to every person I love, I am going to have a giveaway – one Breaking Rank to … Continue reading →

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~:: Oh, Drat and Phooey ::~

Posted on February 11, 2012 by K

Last week, I was going to try to sit down and write a blog apologizing for long silence.  It struck me then that I wasn’t alone; there weren’t a lot of my near-and-dear penning cheery notes for the rest of … Continue reading →

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~:: Leaping from the Nest ::~

Posted on December 15, 2011 by K

I don’t even know how to start this.  When I was little, we lived in L.A.  Everything was within walking distance.  The school, for instance.  Two blocks away – long sides.  An uncomplicated walk, it was not uphill and it … Continue reading →

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~:: The Plunge ::~

Posted on June 24, 2011 by K

Okay – WAIT WAIT: HERE’S NEWS!!!  Cars 2 opened today, and GUESS WHOSE NAME WAS IN THE CREDITS????  Gin caught it on her phone cam.  Is that pirating? And if you stop by Ginna‘s place, you can watch a GREAT … Continue reading →

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~:: Just Asking ::~

Posted on May 25, 2011 by K

This post is not crafty or illustrated or humorous or ironic.  It’s just about me.  Nothing more than a pitifully omphalopsychic rambling mess that I’ve been trying to work up the courage to write out for some three months.  It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just talk, whining, Writing | Tagged , | 55 Comments

~o:> what I really do with my time

Posted on July 22, 2010 by K

(Comments finally answered!) Years ago, I went to see Ginger in her ancient gray stone house on Center Street.  Lovely old place.  (I’d lived in the upstairs apartment during grad school, years before it was hers.) The best part of being … Continue reading →

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Phooey

Posted on December 8, 2009 by K

Don’t forget to enter for the lovely rainbow Christmas window princess kiss star giveaway at the bottom of this link!!! Not so bouncy today.  Last night, I spent hours in a sort of bumbling nightmare: turns out when you upgrade … Continue reading →

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More slight significance

Posted on April 8, 2009 by K

And there was this time when I had been booked to be the key-note rock star author at a children’s literature conference in Oregon—they flew me there, met me with a shuttle.  Oh, yeah. “This way, Ms. Randle.”  And then … Continue reading →

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The oddness of small fame

Posted on April 6, 2009 by K

           One time when we went to the library, G overheard one librarian at the circulation say to another, “Kristen Randle just entered the building.”  (blink, blink – laugh).  That was back when I’d just been … Continue reading →

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