So, we’ve not been very good about the blog this week. But we have an excuse. Between researchers, Nicole, Mariecris and I (Arlene) have been working for Kathy. Kathy’s a pretty hard taskmaster. So we’re keeping busy–or at least telling …
Sadly, most of you are probably too young to remember this particular ad campaign (sigh). Or cassette tapes, for that matter (double sigh.)
I (Arlene) have been thinking about the whole digital thing today. And whether or not a digital …
… eludes me (Nicole) when it comes to blog entries.
It’s true. Asked to produce a blog entry (or *gasp* two!) and I become a muted shadow of my former chatty self. What topic to chose, how to present it, …
The curse is, we’re all having too much fun. (Except Kathy who was forced into a work stoppage today because of computer issues and was forced to go bowling in lieu of working for us). We’re working on the upcoming …
Usually my (Arlene’s) office is a pretty accurate barometer of my work life. The more things going on, the more disastrous–and I mean that word very literally–my office looks. But today was cleaning day. Not because I had anything less …
Today’s guest artist: Nicole.
An early global warming advocate, as recorded by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, Oct 21, 1898:
I told him [Hanmore] of the country traversed by me and particularly of the Madanuska [sic: Matanuska] Valley as an …
Today’s guest artist: Nicole.
Merriam-Webster’s defines talebearer as “one that spreads gossip or rumors; also: tattletale,” while the Oxford English dictionary frames it as “one who officiously carries reports of private matters to gratify malice or idle curiosity.” Captain Glenn…
Today’s guest artist: Nicole. The following are some of Nicole’s favorite excerpts from Edwin F. Glenn’s journal from the 1898 expedition through the Cook Inlet area. Lt. Glenn, while clearly writing his journal with the intent of compiling his …
Guest artist today: Kathy.
Arlene’s mentioned in our blog that one of her staff members now lives in Stuttgart, Germany, well that would be me! It does make it difficult for me to make the “morning coffee” staff meetings, but …
Today was a day we all spent on long-lived, and in some cases long-overdue, projects.
Mariecris spent the day working on the Commonwealth North records. Commonwealth North deposited some 80 cubic feet worth of records with us about a year …
