Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

Meet me in Saint Louis!

Katie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:48:29 +0000

Good news, folks. On Thursday, June 16th I will be doing a reading & discussion in Saint Louis, MO. Birthplace of Akon. Home the arch. The first place I saw a zonkey. The All-Star game will also be in town. Do you need any more reason to visit the great city? Here’s the deets: July 16th [...]

Gratitude for July 7, 2009

Katie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:49:34 +0000

A list…. My cousin John, whose birthday is today! Having a fabulous 4th of July weekend Sitting so close to the Monona fireworks, that a glowing ember fell from the sky onto our blanket Spending a lot of time cruising around on my new Schwinn, carrying stuff in my basket, feeling very European, and very happy. Great business ideas and [...]

A Perfect Day

Katie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:29:25 +0000

A perfect day: Getting out of a meeting 2 hours earlier than planned Picking up my sweet new Schwinn Collegiate (an August 1969 model) from the bike shop and going for the first ride. Telling anyone who will listen the story of how I found it abandonned behind my parents’ garage, as though it had been transported [...]

Mali La 2009

Katie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:55:11 +0000

Mali La is a three-day party, thrown at a group campsite in Decorah, Iowa, to kick off the summer. The host is one of those guys that everyone loves and the guests are his friends from various stages in life. Everyone is easy going and committed to having a good time, whatever that means for [...]

Grateful that Michael Perry is in Madison

Katie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:01:42 +0000

What a sweet thing to have Michael Perry, one Wisconsin’s best writers in town this week. Last time I went to one of his readings, it was at the Orpheum and he was on a panel with another Wisconsin-born writer, David Wroblewski. Michael posed for a picture, holding up both the paperback of his book, [...]