T arrived yesterday and is already on the go ? surprise? Not!! She of course served as courier/Sherpa, so several people get some goodies ? books, keyboard, etc.
My library colleagues are hosting a ?goodbye social? for me today at 3pm in the Library ?… Read the rest
Yin, Yang, Boomerang!!
What?s that, you say? That is me, beginning the ?processing out? process here in marvelously-undecipherable Kuwait. AUK has its own mini-bureaucracy ? had to get each department head to sign-off that I wasn?t absconding with anything the university owns, including my desk (desk?),… Read the rest
Amna back at work this morning ? seems okay ? life goes on? She will be Interim Library Director after I depart, so we?ll spend some time together so I can help her as much as possible before bugging out ?… Read the rest
8 a.m.: Bumping along towards the 18th when things come to a halt here for winter break. The university will close, as the 3-day Eid at the end of the Hajj month and the Christmas holidays converge together this year. Most folks are bugging out ?… Read the rest
Time flies when you are having fun? or not! I am now in my last month here, with three weeks left of work ? seems odd some how ? not good, not bad, just odd.
Yesterday was a pleasant day. Ray & Dina, John & Frances and I went to the island of Falaika, about 10 km off the coast, an hour boat ride.… Read the rest
We finished teaching on Thanksgiving, but wrapping things up at ACOR, spending Friday at the Dead Sea, and traveling home, have kept me away from any keyboards.
The last class was lively and mutually informative. I discussed theories about leadership as well as how to teach leadership in LIS management courses.… Read the rest