Category: personal

  • The Cell Phone Generation

    Well, today I feel like an old lady because I was in our campus coffee shop, waiting in line, and as I looked around, almost every single student I saw was just staring at their phones, even when they were sitting with someone else, and, one case, even when that other person was actively talking…

  • Blog Archives

    I’ve been blogging since before the word blogging existed. In the late 1990s and early 2000s I learned HTML and created a website where I regularly wrote about what was going on in my life. I found a wonderful network of other women who did the same thing and we all linked to each other’s…

  • On Getting Older

    I’m turning 44 this week. Most of the people I tell that to say, “Oh, you’re so young, you’re still just a baby!” But I gotta tell ya, it really snuck up on me. It seems impossible to be 44. I know it’s no big revelation or anything, but time is a weird, weird thing.…

  • Starting Over

    In the chaos of the last three years, my blog got very neglected. So much so that my hosting contract lapsed and all of my content was deleted. At one point, I had four different blogs, most of which were inactive, but had years worth of content, so it was a bit of a shock…

  • Just Write

    One of my goals for this year is to start blogging again, and to start writing more regularly in general. I set a target in April to write two blog posts, and here it is, with only 10 days left in the month, and all I have are the beginnings of drafts of posts. I’ve…

  • Welcoming myself back

    It’s been over two years since my last post here. I doubt that anyone really noticed, but I’ve been thinking constantly about how to find the time and motivation to start writing again. It’s not for lack of things to write about, that’s for sure. Two years ago, I was beginning work on the next…

  • One Year In

    Hello, internet. I’ve missed you. Holy moly but it’s been a long time since I’ve had any kind of regular presence in blog-land. I’m not really sure how to account for that, other than to say that I’ve been busy. But aren’t we all? I’m a little over a year into my job as the…

  • Jumping Right In

    I can hardly believe it’s almost September. I know I’m not the only person saying this. Summer seems to have flown by, as usual. And this summer has been more exciting than most, at least for me. I’ve made it through my first week in my new job as Web Services Librarian at Sonoma State…

  • Reflections on One Year at CDL

    It’s hard to believe I’ve been back in California for over a year now. My one year anniversary at CDL was April 11, and it’s been a full year, with a lot of challenges, and a few bright and shining moments. My work now, and my day-to-day professional life, is very different from my previous…

  • Another Shiny New Year

    Despite the fact that I’ve been a bit slow-moving into 2012, it is, in fact, here. It’s another new year, and for me, that always means time for reflection and planning. I’m kind of sad to say that in 2011, I yet again didn’t write as much as I wanted to write. Not even on…