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Linda

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About Me

linda is on a year's sabbatical from summer 2007 until summer 2008 in Uppsala, Sweden. she can be contacted at [email protected].
She has spent the year so far:
* riding her bicycle.
* going to aerobics/strength-training "jympa" classes at Friskis och Svettis http://www.uppsala.friskissvettis.se/
* writing papers based on her research undertaken during her library school degree
* coping with, I mean, chillaxing with, her three teenagers
* getting to know B. in a new light
* playing the blue guitar (but not enough)
* missing her band mates and buttonfly alot
* missing her friends esp Gloria...
* missing her garden

My Blog

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Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:00:00 GMT

the cd is mastered!!

well, it's finally mastered ... and the silver wheel of the CD will soon roll down a smooth road to you.dan & pat spent four hours with andy at house of miracles, watching him massage their wonderful ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:55:00 GMT

Linda Update

yes, the intermittent blogger is back:(1) still in the MLIS program at UWO -- hope to graduate in April 2007. I'm mid-way inot my research project -- successfully completed the data collection -- a 6...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:28:00 GMT

Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree (1943)

I just read aloud the first three chapters of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree, first published in 1943, but my edition is from 1971 -- to my nearly 12 year old daughter. I first received the bo...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:09:00 GMT

intermittent blogger

I have been a terrible blogger. Time is never enough. Instead I am out there in the world, though I do take the time to read Jason's blog:http://blog.jason.hammond.net/never spend time on this one. ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:49:00 GMT

coffeehouses and sentimental mornings

the two week stretch to the break. all these people i met only this semester and now they are leaving for jobs...their other "real" lives. the best coffee house last night, only because it had amazi...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:14:00 GMT

easter bunny & revolting librarians redux

the easter bunny came and left. the eggs were found in record time. the children are getting tall though, the ones they missed were on low ledges and crawl on your knees secret spaces.we sat on the ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:51:00 GMT

breathing space

you're rushing. you're breathing. in a hurry. twist the radio dial. it'll all come out blurry. and i'll start to smile. it's a traffic jam we're stuck in. it's a traffic jam. and if the car idle...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:51:00 GMT

first day of school

why is the category "school, college, greek"??? I started back to school today, Linda, age 40. It was cool. My only goof up was talking to the tall guy with the "cap" who was balancing his iBook G4...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:20:00 GMT

runaway

oh yes, lyrics to a new song. my favorite thing to post! she goes east, she goes west -- all my friends are leaving for the places they know best. i'll just sit here, in my hanging tree runaway g...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:36:00 GMT