Perhaps that should be pacing? #blogjune has officially started and from our experience last year we all know this is a marathon and not a sprint! So pace yourselves bloggers, keep some in your reserves for those busy days, those uninspiring days and those icy days where its too cold to type. This year looks [...]
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28 days later: they’re still blogging but no zombies
Manic Monday was a mixed bag of treats, some tiring and waning with many memes and exclamations of ‘non posts’ or reasons for skipping days. So today I will avail you with the five posts that inspired me most (and inspired me greatly at that!): Skinnibitch wrote a particularly thought provoking post on mentoring – [...]
Ode to Day 21: Professional lessons, Winter Solstice and a little black pug
I was among the many relieved to have reached Winter Solstice and start looking forward to gaining my six minutes per day. Strawberries of integrity shared a solstice definition, Bonito Club shared with us his confused eggplant and sardonic smile gave us some ways to continue to beat the Winter blues all the way to Spring. [...]
14 highlights: sleeping, cooking, laundering, reflecting and 10 life lessons
With a public holiday across half the country, AFL matches and the early morning and early painful start to the day with the World Cup – there was a distinctly sleeperish feel to many of the days posts. Jenelle and Naomi blogged specifically on being tired with several others, Virtually a Librarian, FromMelbin, Bonito Club, [...]
30 posts in 30 days – reflections on a meme
Week 1 in the #blogeverydayinJune challenge has come to a close. It’s been an exciting and productive week to say the least! I am most impressed that all participating bloggers remain on the bandwagon to date. It seems @flexnib with her Day 6 meme about reading habits provided some light relief for a third of [...]
Wanted: food donations. Will waive library fines.
Brisbane City Council is setting an example for all libraries with their current initiative – they are giving people the opportunity to have their library fines waived in exchange for donating a can of food to Foodbank who distribute food donations to welfare agencies. The Council last ran a similar scheme in 2005 and collected [...]