The predominant player at ALA Midwinter Meeting, at least from my personal angle, was Twitter. Though I have been using Twitter for two years, I continue to find more useful applications for this free tool. It does seem that Twitter is reaching a more critical mass, based on the meeting tag (#alamw09) activity, and so [...]
Entries from January 2009
Twitter Dominated ALA Midwinter
January 27th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Tags: Environment · Library · Ojai · Technology
Is it cold in Denver? ALA Starts Friday.
January 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Heading out to Denver first thing in the morning. The flight leaves from LAX at 6:00am and poor Leslie will have to drive me since I stopped riding. The weather may include snow, with temperatures in the 20s and 30s, so I’ll pack my jacket, gloves, and my touk. This is my 15th year as [...]
Tags: Library
The End of a Love Affair
January 20th, 2009 · 10 Comments
One of the toughest decisions of my life happened in the past two weeks when I decided to end my love affair with motorcycle riding. I’m almost crying as I write this and look at the included picture. I’ve been riding since age 14 when our family had a little Honda 50 for dirt riding [...]
Tags: Family · General · music · teaching
Renewal and Taking Care of Yourself
January 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The new year brings us the opportunity to reflect on the past and ponder the future. Our family spent two weeks at Deer Park Monastery with a six-day Holiday Retreat in the middle. The second day of the retreat I was honored when Thay Phap Hai asked me to participate in the planned dharma talk. [...]