Jolie Kirsten's (jkirsten) Blog

  This week I experienced one of those awful moments when you realize you’ve made a huge mistake and you have to look someone in the face and admit it.  This was especially bad because it was work related.    Below is my confession:   I have new clients who are looking for a property in the outsk...

Yesterday I walked down what felt like a never ending basement corridor to get to my terminal to fly home from California.  I have to admit it freaked me out a bit.  There were no windows, no doors, no paintings, just solid white everywhere I looked and only one other person in sight.  It was ee...

"You can do anything if the why is big enough?"  What is your why? Fifteen years ago, I shocked myself and my family by announcing that I was leaving Austin and that I had no clear destination.  I honestly had not fully considered what I was saying when the words left my mouth; but as soon as the...

  Today I drove down Payne Avenue, past the home where a natural gas explosion occurred this past Monday morning.  There were three people standing outside the safety gate, with notepads, talking with a Texas Gas Service employee.  I stood there looking at the charred remains, wondering about thi...