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Writing Like Those I Admire, part 2
A couple of weeks ago I reblogged a post from Pat Thomson “This post began in exactly this way, with a five am wondering about what my favorite academic books would say about – and to – me. As I started to go through the books I’d put on a very, very short list I…
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The research paradox
As I posted on twitter, I have hit upon a paradox in my work. The more I read, the more I want to write. The more I write, the more I need to read. This one’s a difficult one. Here’s where I am. Yesterday I read through my musicological ballad analysis chapter and started to…
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Sound a fanfare
Back to work tomorrow. I did excavate my desk this afternoon, as it had disappeared underneath several stacks of papers. I’m going to ease myself in gently with some reading. For one thing, I need to remind myself what I was actually working on before I was taken ill, which I can’t really remember! I…
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Social Networking Since 1600
Social Networking Since 1600. One of the organisers is my fellow picnic-er Katherine Fennelly, and I do hope to be there although it’s outside my research time-frame, unfortunately.
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Really interesting… What a lucky girl I am… The Thesis Whisperer This post is by Cassily Charles from Charles Sturt University – a fellow thesis whisperer. Cassily is the Academic Writing Coordinator for Higher Degree by Research students in the CSU Academic Support Unit (ccharles@csu.edu.au). In this post, Cassily discusses misunderstandings about personal writing processes,…
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Originally posted on patter: That half conscious state between sleeping and waking seems to be the time that I begin to compose a blog post. I often wake up relatively early with a half formed idea. I then work on it idly, gradually waking up, before finally getting up and getting it down. This post…
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‘The Lady With the Headache…’
I swear that if I hear myself described as ‘the lady with the headache’ once more, I’m going to scream. Actually, I probably won’t, because it would hurt, but inwardly at any rate, I’d be doing a Munch. The word ‘headache’ alone doesn’t begin to describe it. Forget migraine, I’ve had them and this…
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A Little Bit Excited
I’m about to go and meet a friend for coffee (well, in my case, tea) to discuss trying to put together a pnael for the EMREM symposium on Birth, Sex and Death (http://emremforum.wordpress.com/). I have no idea if I’ll even be able to get a babysitter to let me get to the conference, but the fact…
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My painting of the day
My favourite painting from this afternoon’s quick walk round parts of the National Gallery was Schedoni‘s portrait of the Holy Family, a little painting of the Virgin Mary teaching the infant Jesus to read, with Saint Joseph in the background. I will pass over my puzzlement over why Mary is attempting to teach a child…
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A new one on me…
As I write this (a day late – yes, I know), I have just passed through Stafford on the Pendolino, on my way back from London, where I attended the Historical Association’s Branches and Members Committee Meeting. It’s going dark outside the windows, and in the last quarter of an hour I’ve been watching lights…
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