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Category Archives: kansas city
my 12″ world collides with the real one
It’s kind of strange, in a good way, when my 12″ world collides with the “real” one.
- Recognizing someone from the coffee shop.
- Realizing I was at the grand opening of the new location for Hammerpress at the same time as my favorite KC comic artist.
- Running into Heidi at said grand opening. We were standing next to each other for a good thirty seconds before I realized who I was standing next to. I would not have even known about Hammerpress were it not for Heidi’s post and comment on the place.
- Singling out Brady Vest, Hammerpress proprietor, from the others in the impressive crowd because I’d seen his picture online in the Pitch article. We talked very briefly about the possibility of his involvement with one or more of my classes next year. Mr. Vest is very cool. I am a dork.
tornado anniversary
As the KCBloggers site notes, providing several relevant links, today is “is the one year anniversary of the worst tornado outbreak in US history, including nine twisters that tore through much of the western and northern portions of the Kansas City area.” I wrote about it after it happened.
Weather forecast today predicts isolated thunderstorms with a high of 73. Right now outside my window it’s bright but partly cloudy.
sparrow’s fall
Last fall I started picking up the free copies of the locally produced comic “Sparrow’s Fall” available at the Broadway Cafe. Somehow, I recently learned that the creator, Parrish Baker, has his own blog. You can read some of his work for yourself on this page and this page. I think it’s great stuff.
independent bookstores, kansas city
If you’ll look at the bottom of the sidebar on the right, gentle reader, you’ll notice a little banner ad for Booksense, “a family of independent-bookseller websites.” I am now a Booksense affiliate because, as I discussed earlier, I’d like to be able to encourage sales at places other than Amazon.com, even while recognizing that the Amazon site provides some very useful features. The publishing ecosystem needs diversity. Hmmm, maybe I should provide links to both. Becoming an affiliate allows me to link directly to a listing for a book on Booksense rather than on Amazon. Kathleen’s done it, and you should consider getting on board, too.
Below the fold are the Booksense search results for independent booksellers in close proximity to my zip code.