http://www.kristin.firerobin.net updates from my new New England life Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:59:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First of all, for those who don’t know, I’m serving in Montpelier—Vermont’s capital city. My service is somewhat different than many other VISTA positions. Unlike many AmeriCorps positions, I’m serving in city government (specifically, the Montpelier Planning and Community Development Department), instead of in a non-profit or other ... http://www.kristin.firerobin.net/?p=15 i.e. “What is AmeriCorps?” i.e. the boring bit that only a few people care about. Let me start off by clarifying something. I’m not “working.” I’m “serving.” That is, I’m serving America as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer. AmeriCorps is a federal program whose mission is to fight poverty ... http://www.kristin.firerobin.net/?p=12 Well, I suppose it’s about time I started utilizing this blog. Brother (a.k.a. Neal) was so nice to set it up for me, oh, let’s see… two years ago. I failed to keep it updated, which, as you can see from my very first post, I recognized might ... http://www.kristin.firerobin.net/?p=9 Because I'm lazy, I'm simply going to post a mass e-mail that I sent to several people instead of writing and original post. Disappointing, I know. But at least you'll have some idea as to what I've been doing... I've also added several photo albums (look at the ... http://www.kristin.firerobin.net/?p=6 Hmmm... so I'm not going to lie like everyone else and say that this will stay updated because I know for a fact that it won't. But, I hope to write some messages occasionally and definitely add photos... probably random photos at first, then maybe I'll have some from the ... http://www.kristin.firerobin.net/?p=3