Recognize the carnivalesque as normal life
Life and work of an indy scholar part 6 – On Friday the 13th I moved to the south for a couple of days—the main reason why I skipped last week’s blog. My brief remigration was caused by carnival, that outburst of festivities that Catholics traditionally use to bolster themselves for a period of 40 … Lees meer
Don’t leave your clients floored
Life and work of an indy scholar part 5 – The week was steady as she went. Not that nothing exciting happened, I’m just unsure if it’s exciting for you to read about my daily routines, exciting as they are to me. Not every week is a new adventure, this is not Hollywood and most … Lees meer
How university delayed my indy scholarship
Life and work of an indy scholar part 4 – Last week I announced that I had planned a shut-up-and-write day and I’m sorry to say that I failed to deliver. I shut-up-and-wrote on two late afternoons for a few hours, but I advanced far less than I had hoped to. Sill, having many irons … Lees meer
Me in a getting-things-done mode
Life and work of an indy scholar part 3 – How to summarize this week? I guess it would be with ‘tying some loose ends’. Some days-in-a-row-off lend themselves perfectly for a mini sabbatical, that time off from work to get work done, and I seize those opportunities to finish things. I had a few … Lees meer
A brief bio of my latest tattoo
The thing with tattoos is that once you get started with ink, you easily want more. At least, that’s how it turned out for me. But I like to think things through and none of my tattoos are the result of impulse or drunken spontaneity. I started thinking about getting tattooed when I was 15 … Lees meer
Many ups and one down for this indy scholar
Life and work of an indy scholar part 2 – It’s been a week with high professional ups encircled with a deep down in my private life. Literally encircled in time, as last Sunday I heard the sad news that one of my closest friends had suddenly lost her beloved husband the day before, and … Lees meer
