tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post7607443698316208360..comments2023-09-20T11:39:52.182-04:00Comments on Crunchy Granola: Working, Mothering, and Successsusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-65775764581511684772008-07-23T01:57:00.000-04:002008-07-23T01:57:00.000-04:00Ahh, we so need to get our girls together someday....Ahh, we so need to get our girls together someday. Sad that you are moving further away-even though you already lived 1000 miles away, we had that fantasy that we may have danced together at some point at the Atheneum before we met in FA land. Now, I don't have a physical space to connect you to-though I do speak German, and I know there's lots of dancing there ; ) ~lmclisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921479273054853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-82212332600415875242008-07-18T22:44:00.000-04:002008-07-18T22:44:00.000-04:00You guys are right--I also respect administrators ...You guys are right--I also respect administrators who a) have some sort of vision/principles, b) communicate pretty straightforwardly and c) will answer questions and d) not hold grudges.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-21198023066868646212008-07-18T22:06:00.000-04:002008-07-18T22:06:00.000-04:00Too funny, that CG. And so sweet!elswhere - I thin...Too funny, that CG. And so sweet!<BR/><BR/>elswhere - I think you've nailed it down. I agree; I tend to respond not to people whom I necessarily agree with 100%, but people who I think are THINKING about what they're doing.Arwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558928485894882320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-26793900268107779952008-07-18T20:16:00.000-04:002008-07-18T20:16:00.000-04:00Too funny. That child is wise beyond her years.Too funny. That child is wise beyond her years.Suburban Gorgonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921120489357475543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-50055573406562402262008-07-18T19:42:00.000-04:002008-07-18T19:42:00.000-04:00That is great. What an observant girl you've got t...That is great. What an observant girl you've got there!landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-6057417276518589622008-07-18T16:16:00.000-04:002008-07-18T16:16:00.000-04:00I just love this.I just love this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-80062205226341607292008-07-18T11:29:00.000-04:002008-07-18T11:29:00.000-04:00I bet you are indeed a really good apartment chair...I bet you are indeed a really good apartment chair. The kind of reflectiveness and consideration that's evident from your posts can only be a benefit to everyone involved. <BR/><BR/>In the time I was at one school I saw some excellent and some cringeworthy and (especially toward the end) some EXTREMELY ugly administration-ing, and came to understand that what distinguished a good administrator wasn't that he/she (but usually he; imagine that) would always do what I wanted or agree with my priorities, but that I could trust that what he said was the truth, that he'd be honest with me even if the message wasn't going to make me happy, and that he was working from a bigger vision that made sense in some way.elswherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682431666658202440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-70483256394983524662008-07-18T09:40:00.000-04:002008-07-18T09:40:00.000-04:00MB wishes you were his apartment chair!(And now I ...MB wishes you were his apartment chair!<BR/><BR/>(And now I keep picturing you as, you know, floral and overstuffed or something.)Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-76778523322964332012008-07-18T09:08:00.000-04:002008-07-18T09:08:00.000-04:00PS -- I've been meaning to thank you because I thi...PS -- I've been meaning to thank you because I think it was on your blog that I read about the gardening shortcut that changed my life! I didn't dig up the turf this year when I expanded my gardens but put down the newspaper and mulch in the spring. PERFECT.<BR/><BR/>Totally random, I know. :)Wordgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580973104447557466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-54761927245205740142008-07-18T09:06:00.000-04:002008-07-18T09:06:00.000-04:00First of all, let me thank you for your kind notes...First of all, let me thank you for your kind notes on my blog -- and secondly -- APARTMENT chair -- god that made me laugh out loud.<BR/><BR/>I have a moment of panic wondering if YOU were the new department chair at my college -- but regained my senses -- the housing pictures seemed to suggest a climate a tad more hospitable than the frozen tundra...<BR/><BR/>We just hired a new dean -- which was a bit strange because our first and only acquaintance was her tying up the business of my being a bit of a loose end at the college -- strange to have such a cursory conversation with someone about the end of your job after having been there for 8 years...but it isn't her fault, of course, how else could she have approached it my being a stranger to her?<BR/><BR/>At any rate -- my two cents is that it is tough, tough tough being administration -- you have to manage people -- and not just people but the egos of the academic world -- wonderful people often but people who do love to hear themselves talk -- and if my college is any indication people who are often quick to set up an adversarial position with administration (0r is that only English Depts? U of MT had notoriously awful English Dept battles that were legendary)<BR/><BR/>Your writing reveals your kindness and thoughtfulness -- not to mention how whipsmart you are -- I'm sure Curious Girl is spot on.<BR/><BR/><BR/>PamWordgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580973104447557466noreply@blogger.com