This morning I found my two-and-a-half year-old sitting on the kitchen floor. Her socks were off and she was playing 'This little piggy' all by herself. I had to laugh out loud when I heard her version of the classic childrens' rhyme: ¨This little piggy went to Wal-Mart, this little piggy stayed home¨ is apparently how the modernized and updated version goes!
Cultural Perspectives
A thirty-something woman's perspective on raising a family, returning to university and life as a Swede in Canada.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Nostalgia
Today I served my seven-year old and her friend a taste of my childhood for an afternoon snack - and guess what? It still tastes as lovely as I remember it. Only the people surrounding me have changed.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Snow day
This gets me motivated to stay up for another hour or two, so that I can take the day off from studying tomorrow and just frolic in the snow with the wee one!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Reliving the magic
I am watching the one year Olympic anniversary show on CTV right now and oh, how I wish I could turn back time and do it all again!
It is a bit different watching the high-light reel from an exclusively canadian perspective. My take on the Games are coloured by my involvement in it as a volunteer for the Swedish Olympic committee - I was cheering for my Swedish country men, I watched the Swedish coverage, I waved the Swedish flag...
Now, a year later, I am watching the high-lights and the main colours are red and white instead of blue and yellow and I am overcome with pride. Wow. Vancouver did the Olympics really well!
Oh, how I believe!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Me - a computer wiz!
Well, not really.... but kind of!
My Mac got a bad case of the flu earlier today and I have spent a great deal of time today trying to figure out why it was not working properly. With a little bit of help from Google, I have managed to get it back up and running (and quite well, I might add!).
This little episode got me thinking about how different being back in school is now as compared to what it was like when I first went to University some 15 years ago. As a matter of fact, one of our first lessons on campus was in the computer lab, where we were taught the basics of e-mailing and surfing the web. I also remember buying my first computer, a used Compac Pressario, and being really afraid of doing anything other than creating a word document. I had no idea on how to create files, I had never heard of down-loading and I most certainly would never had dared to attempt to fix a problem myself. I am not saying that I am more computer literate than the next guy, far from it, but I am definitely more comfortable now than then.
But on the other hand, I never did experience the intense frustration and aggravation the way I did today. My heart was racing, I was cranky and snappy with the kids and there was also an intense feeling of fear accompanying my revival attempts. I kept thinking about all the things I have on my computer - the files, the articles, the documents, the photos, the contact information, the schedules... I really need to go get an external hard drive. I need to back up all my files. Funny how I never think of that until it is (almost) to late.
Did you back up your files today?
My Mac got a bad case of the flu earlier today and I have spent a great deal of time today trying to figure out why it was not working properly. With a little bit of help from Google, I have managed to get it back up and running (and quite well, I might add!).
This little episode got me thinking about how different being back in school is now as compared to what it was like when I first went to University some 15 years ago. As a matter of fact, one of our first lessons on campus was in the computer lab, where we were taught the basics of e-mailing and surfing the web. I also remember buying my first computer, a used Compac Pressario, and being really afraid of doing anything other than creating a word document. I had no idea on how to create files, I had never heard of down-loading and I most certainly would never had dared to attempt to fix a problem myself. I am not saying that I am more computer literate than the next guy, far from it, but I am definitely more comfortable now than then.
But on the other hand, I never did experience the intense frustration and aggravation the way I did today. My heart was racing, I was cranky and snappy with the kids and there was also an intense feeling of fear accompanying my revival attempts. I kept thinking about all the things I have on my computer - the files, the articles, the documents, the photos, the contact information, the schedules... I really need to go get an external hard drive. I need to back up all my files. Funny how I never think of that until it is (almost) to late.
Did you back up your files today?
Saturday, February 5, 2011
What children really get out of a Montessori education
"It takes a brave woman to raise a Montessori child
- because they think and speak for themselves!"
Friday, February 4, 2011
The art of accomplishing nothing
We have a text seminar on Tuesday and I am supposed to summarize an article by ethnology heavy-weight Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett called 'Intagible heritage as metacultural production'. What I don't understand is my inabiblity to get the analysis and summary done. I love cultural heritage, it is "my thing". I think it is important, it is political, it says a thing or two about who we are and what society we live in.
....but no. Nothing. It is not happening.
I am suffering from writer's block. Nothing productive is coming from this. Nothing. As you can tell.
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