Kathryn Seckman Kirsch

Wow! just saw a mention of the book How Sassy Changed My Life on NotMartha.org. Looks like someone made a book about the rise and fall of the former great teen magazine, Sassy.

In 1993 I was chosen to be one of the photographer’s for that year’s Sassy Reader Produced Issue. Every year they would set aside one issue to be written, styled, photographed, modeled, designed etc. by all readers. They flew us out to New York where we spent a week picking out clothes, doing photo shoots, hitting the town. It was fun, not quite as glamourous as I had imagined, and I naively thought it would be a big break for me.

In the end, my career has turned to graphic design and illustration, which I love! I’m glad I was I was lucky enough to be chosen.

Here’s me and the other contributers in that issue.

Some of my photos from the issue.

We finished watching The Long Way Round last night. It’s a documentary following actors Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman as they travel by motorcycle from London through Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada through the states to New York. I’m not all that into motorcycles, but it didn’t matter, the trip is amazing. They met many people throughout the world that helped them out even though many of them had no idea who they were. It’s a pretty amazing show and I highly recommend it.

Here are some photos from their website including this one from their stop in Naperville, Illinois to visit the mother of their camerman, James Simak.


The Long Way Round website says they are planning a new trip from Scotland to South Africa. That should be a good one too. Can’t wait.

Oh man am I slacking on this blog. This CD came out last year, but I never mentioned how great it is. Paul McCartney’s Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. It’s sooooo good. you should give it a try. A bit of old school McCartney and Beatles.

We were at Brookfield Zoo yesterday and at the end of the day we stopped by to see the Snow Leopards. They were just hangin out by the window. One was on her back ready for a belly rub. Soooo cuuute!