Friday, October 2, 2009

Hello world, I'm your wild girl!

Points to anyone who can name that song title and artist.

I'm Trisha Kiefer. My husband Pat and I - yes, we are Patrick and Patricia, don't you just want to throw up from the sweetness? - live on Long Island with our menagerie of animals, including the African pygmy hedgehogs we breed. Ask me about my hedgehogs! Go ahead, I dare ya!

I was born and raised in Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City. Actually, that's a lie. You've known me for all of, what, three seconds, and already I'm telling you lies! I was actually born in Spring Garden, Pennsylvania, which as it happens is in the middle of Amish country. I have no notion why my mother, of all people, would have chosen to birth her offspring in the middle of Amish country, but it may explain some things about me. And I love the Amish, so there you go. But, my parents LIVED in Queens, not in Pennsylvania, so it's true that I was raised there, which explains quite a few other things about me.

I write romance, and my husband is a boatbuilder and siege engineer. We fund these careers with full-time jobs at, respectively, an appliance distributor and United Parcel Service. This keeps me in #2 pencils, and him in two-by-fours or whatever all that stuff is that he's always playing with.

This blog is where I'm going to say lots of interesting things, or so I'm told by my friend who forced me to start this blog, and who swears I am funny and interesting. She almost never lies, so I have to believe her, and I think you should too. I hope you will find her to be a truthful young lady, and enjoy the blog!

Trisha Kiefer

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