• I write books.

    I do! It's true. I have written for all sorts of different audiences. My first book was literary adult fiction and I've written many many books that have fallen into the category "juvenile fiction" and "YA fiction". I talk about my books and writing in general on my other site, which is at www.karenrivers.com. (I don't know how to make that a live link, so you may have to copy and paste.) (Sorry.) THIS site is about me, my hair, my kids, my appliances, and that time that I rode my bike down a cliff and then got stung by a bee. It may not all be appropriately awesome (or even slightly interesting) to kids, so if you are young, LOOK AWAY. That said, there is nothing harmful here, except the occasional swear, which I ask you to edit out with your eyes. Blink blink.

  • I take pictures.

    Parksville, Day 3

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    More Photos

  • Is it safe to eat raw bacon?

    No. You shouldn't eat any raw pork products. You could get trichinosis and no doubt a number of other food-borne illnesses. With the recent change in food safety standards, I'd frankly cook the crap out of any meat product I purchased before eating it. Even if it's already cooked. Seriously. Keep in mind that I am not a raw bacon expert, I just play one on the web.

  • I Flock

  • Categories

Best Search Term Used to Hit This Site Today.

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Karen

“Facts About Disco Fish”.     

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What To Buy For Your Wife For Mother’s Day Or Just Generally What To Buy For Me If You Want To Buy Me Stuff And Why Would You Because — Honestly — Do You Know Me Well Enough To Want To Buy Me Stuff? Not That I’m Saying You Shouldn’t.

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Karen

I was all gung-ho to write this post this morning, filled with bright and witty suggestions for Mother’s Day gifts but then I watched a documentary called The Bridge last night and my brain refuses to dislodge itself from the sludgy depressed stupor it has fallen into, sort of like I imagine it was for [...]

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Possibly The Dullest Post of The Week, But Contains Important Information for Appliance Shoppers

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Karen

Because I’m getting a lot of hits from people looking for washing machines and dryers (and I’m here to serve!), I felt the need to tell you all right away that our new washer/dryer (the Kenmore Oasis top loader with steam dryer) is fine. It’s OK. It has not eaten our clothes or driven me [...]

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Torn Between Two (or more) Public-ish Personalities, Plus Will Ayelet Waldman Please Shut Up?

Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Karen

I was going to write a post called, “What To Buy For Your Wife For Mother’s Day Or Just Generally What To Buy For Me If You Want To Buy Me Stuff And Why Would You Because — Honestly — Do You Know Me Well Enough To Want To Buy Me Stuff? Not That I’m [...]

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Spuddling along gracefully, 6.

Posted on May 1st, 2009 by Karen

I’m having one of those days. You probably know what I mean without me explaining, but I’m an explainer, so I’ll explain. It’s sort of like my world is a glass of chardonnay and I’m at the bottom of the glass (maybe I’m some kind of mermaid in this scenario and I can breathe underwater, [...]

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