New Blogger!
We are really, really pleased to announce that a new blogger is joining BCC. We’ve been impressed with Kris Wright’s writing over at A Grain of Salt and at Feminist Mormon Housewives, so we bribed and threatened Microsoft-style until she agreed to join us here. Here’s what you need to know about Kris:
- She joined the church at 21, at the end of her fourth year of
university, taking over a year
to join the church (Kris notes, "watch for how I became a Mormon and a feminist in the same
year"). - After living in the south of France
and travelling around Europe, she returned to do a master’s in 19th century
American women’s history. - To make a long story short, she now has four
children: 3 boys and a girl (ages 10, 8, 6 and 4.)
Kris is really interested in alternative energy and house building,
especially straw bale houses (which results in her hearing lots of three little
pigs jokes from members of her ward). Before this fall, she was an upstanding citizen of cyberspace who just
e-mailed, googled and went to Amazon occasionally — but then, she met Kristine (who casually mentioned that she blogged). She decided to check
out some Evil Blog and the rest is history — plus a lot of unfinished domestic tasks.
Welcome Kris! We’re glad to have you aboard.
Glad to see you here Kris.
We’ve considered a straw bale house- there are a few in our area. Or maybe a monolithic dome house. What we’re really interested in is learning to build sandbag houses.
Comment by Amira — January 26, 2005 @ 11:05 am
Welcome Kris! I’m very much looking forward to your posts.
Comment by Karen — January 26, 2005 @ 11:18 am
Um, I just noticed that the way I wrote that bio sounds like Kris’ Masters Degree led to the babies. I don’t think they were required under the curriculum, but Kris can explain.
Comment by Steve Evans — January 26, 2005 @ 11:50 am
And I guess now everyone understands the requirements for female bloggers at bcc–your name has to start with K or be a derivative of Christine. Some of us are overachievers and fill both conditions
One exception exists, of course, for persons with the first three letters of their first and last names identical. Perhaps we should be looking for some Christine Christensen’s as urtypical bcc bloggers
Comment by Kristine — January 26, 2005 @ 12:16 pm
Rumblings in the Bloggernacle
Trackback by A Soft Answer — January 26, 2005 @ 12:51 pm
I really have enjoyed the FMH site. Hope this goes well.
Comment by Stephen M (Ethesis) — January 26, 2005 @ 7:49 pm
Thanks for the welcome
I’m excited and terrified to be here! Now if I can figure out Typepad …..
Comment by kris — January 26, 2005 @ 10:11 pm
Aw Kris, it ain’t so bad. Email me if you have any problems.
Comment by Steve Evans — January 26, 2005 @ 10:23 pm
Also, Dave’s Mormon Inquiry published a Typepad primer a while back. You can view it here.
Comment by Steve Evans — January 26, 2005 @ 10:25 pm
BTW, if anyone is in the Dallas area, Jan Shipps will be speaking in Plano (at the 9th ward building) in February — I’d love to have a bloggernacle activity in connection with that.
At least for bloggers who link to my blog
Comment by Stephen M (Ethesis) — January 26, 2005 @ 11:04 pm
You do understand Steve, that this means war.
Comment by Lisa — January 27, 2005 @ 1:43 am
Dirty little thief
Although I can’t say that I fault your taste.
Comment by Lisa — January 27, 2005 @ 1:45 am
Lisa, we can still be friends — I gave you Sumer, for crying out loud!!
Comment by Steve Evans — January 27, 2005 @ 9:36 am
Sumer gave herself.
You, my friend, have given me nothing! Nothing!
I like chocolate.
Comment by Lisa — January 27, 2005 @ 4:00 pm
For you, Lisa, anything
Comment by Steve Evans — January 27, 2005 @ 4:04 pm
Ah, for chocolate …
http://adrr.com/recipe/brownie.htm
Comment by Stephen M (Ethesis) — January 27, 2005 @ 9:29 pm
Steve gave Lisa Sumer? That phrasing calls to mind the Joseph Smith and Heber story — you know, “give me your wife” and all that. (Did Joseph ever meet Rodney Dangerfield?)
By the way, Steve, you ought to add Kris W to the list of “About BCC” bloggers.
Comment by Kaimi — January 31, 2005 @ 11:10 pm
On vacation K-man, no time to update the HTML…. but it’s on my to-do list.
Comment by Steve Evans — February 1, 2005 @ 12:09 am