http://www.rhonna.net The opinions, perspectives, and information contained within these pages are mine and have no connection to any of the organizations or universities (or friends, family, or colleagues) with which I may be affiliated. None of the materials contained on these pages may be used, reproduced, or distributed in any way without my express permission. While I'll probably give it---assuming you agree to properly cite me or my materials---I demand the professional courtesy of being asked first. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:32:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, so much for keeping in touch from the road! I'm back, albeit more than a little jet lagged, so you'll have to take this post as you can get it (and I'll cross my fingers that it makes at least some sense).  However, I have plenty of material, so I'm going ... http://www.rhonna.net/193 POST WASH WEEK: An After-Action Visual (ETA:  click for bigger or ID labels on the Flickr image.) http://www.rhonna.net/191 Ok, so I actually have leave to go (i.e., I'm not actually going AWOL), but I've gotta admit that I feel as if I'm skipping out on a LOT of things which needed doing first!  And nope, I'm not feeling too guilty about it!  However, since I know that this will ... http://www.rhonna.net/190 I rarely say much these days about teaching, and I suppose that's due in part to the peculiarity of the entire adjunct-in-a-foreign-environment situation.  Being an adjunct is simply weird enough, but compound it with a foreign system (note that "foreign" here means foreign to me) and you feel remarkably like ... http://www.rhonna.net/189 Truthfully, I don't know where to begin, but I know that if I don't get something posted sooner rather than later, Donna is going to beat me about the head and shoulders and Margaret is going to send out the Spinning Mounties.  So, friends and neighbors, grab your favorite cuppa ... http://www.rhonna.net/188 Some of you seem to suffer under the peculiar illusion (although I suspect "delusion" is equally appropriate) that I'm an excellent spinner.  When that realization dawned on me---and after I finished laughing myself silly---I realized that the only way to dispell such nonsense was to actually show you a goof ... http://www.rhonna.net/187 It's been a rather disorganized week with a lot of bits and pieces of different things, not the least of which was a couple of days sitting in a queue with the usual immigration bureaucracy (admittedly one of the most questionably organized public offices I've ever had the [mis]fortune to ... http://www.rhonna.net/186 Fordi Bloggspinner ville ha et bilde som viser alt sammen.  :-) (NB! Nøster er større enn vanlig; jeg bruker den Strauch Jumbo nøstemaskin. Den på venstre er vanlig størrelsen---og er halv brukt.) In English: Because Bloggspinner asked for a photo which showed everything together.  :-) NB! The balls of ... http://www.rhonna.net/185 Ok, before you get excited, that title just means that I've finally finished spinning the grey.  It's done, done, done, and the last 1000 yards is hanging to dry even as we figuratively speak. Done, done, done. Done, done, done. Nope, I'm not feeling as if I've just accomplished something major or that there's ... http://www.rhonna.net/184 I've had a nice amount of breathing space this week, and while I still have catching up to do, I've been a bit lazy and started clearing up some loose ends.  First, I finished this: It's a 50/50 Superwash Merino-Tencel blend from Amy at Spunky Eclectic, hand-dyed in "Aspen."   I had ... http://www.rhonna.net/183