Monday, May 19th, 2008
So, the 10k crept up on us a lot quicker than I had expected, and with all the training and fundraising that took place on the actual morning of the run I felt less than confident. Thankfully, with the help of a wonderful team, lots of encouragement, and pure adrenaline, the race was run […]
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Well the Halloween Party was a success. Lots of women came along and took part in the fun and games so I thought a couple of photos would be called for.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Well I have been at the Women’s Library now for just over one month and I thought it about time I introduce myself to the wonderful world of blogging. To those that haven’t met me yet, I am Laura Dolan, the new Lifelong Learning Assistant. I started on the 9 August and have […]
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
The thousandth book
The thousandth book was classified on 1st of August and we’re all very inspired. The photo shows me marking the spot on our totem pole; the top target is 5,000, which is of course only about a sixth of the total number of books! However, we thought it more inspiring to focus […]
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Well now, after my unceremonious return from hostage, where I feel as if I was hardly even missed, LGBT history month has turned up, rearing it’s head, crying out “I am Queer, hear me ROAR!”. More politically based than Pride, it’s a good excuse to educate, reminisce (well, for those of us who can claim […]
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Dear blog readers,
Why should I keep Laine’s luminous morsels to myself, it is, after all the season of goodwill?
Scene 1: Sue and Wendy briefing Laine on her shopping task for our festive potluck…
Ok Laine its a cheese, in a sort of watery bag, it feels nice when you squeeze it, well that doesn’t really matter […]
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Hello dear blog readers (I am sure there is a specific word for this…surely not bleaders. Every blog entry seems to flag up a further training need in me).
Thanks for your enduring patience as time has rolled by, or rather sped at a gallop in Libraryland.
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
The Library’s growth is both strategic and yet still reassuringly organic. Intuition, tapping into (and on spectacular occasions appearing to anticipate and influence) the zeitgeist, working with the knowledge that grafting away at a particular coalface for years gives combined with bouts of sheer, glorious luck and happenstance all figure in the planning and development […]
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Inevitably, the boxes are another place to put the latest tea…