Time to 'fess up

OK, so that really wasn't a picture of my library. I was just testing you to remind you not to believe everything you see on the internet! That was a picture taken inside the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa (3753 km from Lethbridge). My daughter was there last year on a school choir trip. Incidentially, the kids did sing inside the rotuda and several MPs and senators gathered to listen to them.

But I digress. The Buchanan Library where I work looks more like this. We are currently painting and getting new furniture so it will have a fresh look for the Fall term in September.

Just a Flick of the wrist

After subscribing to this and subscribing to that, I have saved a couple of pictures in Flickr. I think it's a really neat way to manage my photos. I'll add more as an onging project. It will be especially cool to use a mashup of maps and pictures to display all my travel adventures!

Meanwhile, I want to show you a picture of the entrance to our library. Sweet, eh?

"The new electronic independence recreates the world in the image of a global village." -Marshall McLuhan

Technology, and more specifically the Internet, has effectively erased boundaries around the world. I can feel like I'm in the same room as people in New Zealand.

The journey begins!

Lace up your hiking boots, grab you backpack (or learning toolbox) and join me, Karen the Kiwi Wannabe, as I venture forth on a jouney of discovery. It promises to be adventurous!

Any well-prepared traveller takes along all the necessary equipment to get the most out of their trip. I'm packing the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Learners and a little bear spray.

I always find it easiest to visualize the end result. Beginning by thinking about what the project will look like when it's completed really motivates me. It could be a neatly shelved cart of books, a cosy new house, a familiarity with blogs and all their accessories, an awesome view at the top of the mountain or a cold beer back at the campsite.

There's always a few obstacles along the way. The hardest thing for me is to view those problems as challenges. My first instinct is to turn and run rather than face the beast. If I stick with it, I usually find out it wasn't so scary after all. And if worse comes to worse I've got the bear spray.

So hang on, here we go....