tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56609219509490089562024-03-21T10:35:47.443-04:00Les femmes qui lisent sont dangereusesJe me donne la permission, dans ce blogue, d'écrire en anglais ou en français, selon l'envie du moment.
J'écris surtout au sujet de mes lectures : livres que j'ai lus ou que j'ai le gout de lire, articles intéressants, etc.Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.comBlogger717125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-61242850267013026612019-12-31T16:21:00.000-05:002020-03-06T16:28:00.460-05:002019 - A Year in BooksRevisiting my blog today, December 31st, 2019, because I was trying to decide where I should write/keep my year in review. Apparently this was the right place, as I see now that I came back here a few times to write yearly reviews even if I haven't posted much since having kids. I don't think I wrote reviews for 2017 and 2018 anywhere because they were such difficult years -- everything was a blur. Well, not 2018 -- that was the year I started waking up. I went back to work in 2017 after two years of mat leave -- part time at my former training job as well as teaching at the U of O. I crashed and burned that fall, had surgery and thought that would fix everything (spoiler: it didn't) and then started therapy in the spring of 2018. I learned SO MUCH in 2018, and can say fairly confidently that I bounced back quickly, even though I learned that healing is not linear. And now this year, well, no wonder I feel like 2019 is the best year I have had in a long time. <br /><br />I don't think I read any books in 2017. I think I may have started a few books in 2018. And here are the books I read in 2019, in the order that I read them. <br /><br />I started keeping a journal this year, so that makes yearly reviews much easier!! I was also more diligent about tracking my books read on Goodreads.<br /><br />JANUARY <br />Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang) #ebook #unfinished #fiction (I read the first two short stories only, Babylon and Understand.)<br />The Mindful Way Through Depression (Williams/Teasdale/Segal/Kabat-Zinn) #ebookandpaper #unfinished #startedin2018 #nonfiction<br /><br />FEBRUARY <br />Goodbye, Things (Fumio Sasaki) #audiobook #nonfiction<br />Code Name Verity (Elizabeth Wein) #ebook #loved #fiction<br />The Happiness Trap (Russ Harris) #ebook #loved #startedin2018 #nonfiction<br />Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien) #paper #unfinished #fiction<br />Ready for Anything (David Allen) #audiobook #loved #nonfiction<br />One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way #ebook #loved #nonfiction<br />Sitting Still Like a Frog (Eline Snel) #loved #nonfiction #paper<br /><br />MARCH<br />
Say What You Mean (Oren Jay Sofer) #ebookandpaper #nonfiction<br />The Happiness of Pursuit (Chris Guillebeau) (very meh) #nonfiction #ebook<br />Getting Things Done, Abridged Audio version #audiobook #loved #nonfiction<br />Presence: A Guide to Transforming Your Most Challenging Emotions (Ann Weiser Cornell) #ebook #nonfiction<br /><br />APRIL<br />Superhuman by Habit (Tynan) #ebook #nonfiction<br />The Mind-Changing Habit of Journaling (Zoe McKay) #ebook (Started journaling daily after reading this one.) #nonfiction<br />Fun Home (Alison Bechdel) #graphicnovel #paper #nonfiction<br /><br />MAY<br />A Velocity of Being #unfinished because I’m savouring it! #paper #nonfiction<br />Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe (Yumi Sakugawa) #graphicnovel #paper #nonfiction<br />Frida Kahlo: A Illustrated Life (Maria Hesse) #graphicnovel #paper #nonfiction<br />Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos (Lucy Knisley) #graphicnovel #paper #fiction<br />In the Sounds and Seas (Marnie Galloway) #graphicnovel #paper #fiction - beautiful art but unfortunately not much of a story<br />Zen Keys (Thich Nhat Hanh) #unfinished #paper #nonfiction<br /><br />JUNE<br />Atomic Habits (James Clear) I’m adding this here because, while I didn’t actually read the book, I listened to a long interview with him on The One You Feed #podcast about his book, and then signed up for his newsletter. I actually listened to this podcast episode twice, and didn’t feel the need to read the actual book.<br />Découvrir la parentalité positive (Mitsiko Miller) #ebookandpaper #nonfiction<br />No Drama Discipline (Dan Siegel) #ebook #unfinished #nonfiction<br /><br />
JULY<br />Mindfulness in Plain English #unfinished #ebook #nonfiction<br />Vivre simplement (Elizabeth Simard) #paper #unfinished #nonfiction<br />Hold on to Your Kids (Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté) #audiobook #unfinished #nonfiction<br /><br />AUGUST<br />Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi) #paper #nonfiction<br />Waking Up (Sam Harris) #paper #nonfiction<br />Birth of a Bookworm #unfinished #paper #fiction<br />Un ange cornu avec des ailes de tôle (Michel Tremblay) #unfinished #paper #fiction - have both the French and the English translation on the go at the same time<br /><br />SEPTEMBER<br />Grit (Angela Duckworth) #audiobook #nonfiction<br />Wherever You Go, There You Are (Jon Kabat-Zinn) #bookclub #paper #nonfiction<br />*Next Step Dharma online course<br />*Self-Healers’ Circle online course/book club <br /><br />OCTOBER<br />The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Magic (Emily Croy Barker) #paper #fiction<br /><br />NOVEMBER<br />Tribe of Mentors (Tim Ferriss) #unfinished #ebook #nonfiction<br /><br />DECEMBER<br />When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Pema Chodron) #ebook #nonfiction<br />The Wanderers (Meg Howrey) #paper #fiction<br />The Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Club #bookclub #ebook #fiction<br /><br />Statistics: <br /><br />38 books total<br />26 finished<br />12 unfinished<br />5 audiobooks<br />16 ebooks<br />17 paper books<br />3 books I bought two copies of - paper and ebook<br />10 fiction<br />28 non-fiction<br /><br />My favourites from this year:<br /><br />Say What You Mean is the most life-changing book I read this year.<br /><br />Other books that had a big impact are The Kaizen Way, Resilient and The Happiness Trap.<br /><br />
I really enjoyed almost all the graphic novels I read and plan to read more again this year.<br /><br />Some books already on the list for 2020:<br />Living Nonviolent Communication<br />Nonviolent Communication at Work<br />The Wisdom of Anxiety (Sheryl Paul) #bookclub <br />Heroes in my Head (Judy Kebick) #bookclub<br />The Handmaid’s Tale #bookclub<br />The Testaments #bookclub<br /><br />Some of the unfinished books on my 2019 list I hope to get back to this year:<br />Vivre simplement<br />Birth of a Bookworm<br /><br />Both A Velocity of Being and Tribe of Mentors are books that are better read in little pieces, so while I plan to continue reading them, I may not even finish them in 2020. (And that’s totally fine.)<br /><br />I bought SO many more books this year than I read. I plan to assemble them on one shelf at home (maybe this coming weekend) and sort through them to decide which ones I want to prioritize.<br /><br />My goal for this year was to spend more time reading -- and it worked. One of my strategies was to read whatever I felt like, which is why so many books are left unfinished this year. If I didn't feel like reading my current book, instead of turning to IG or FB, I started another book. So this was a successful strategy for reading more... but having so many books on the go at once also meant that I felt a bit confused/overwhelmed at times. I think some of the overwhelm also came from the guilt of abandoning books though. I would set books aside and start others, but still be thinking about the abandoned book and telling myself I "should" get back to it. So if this year, I decide to abandon a book, I need to do it consciously and be confident in my decision. I am allowed to read what I like, when I like. It's better to start something else than to turn to another source of entertainment (social media). A "mindless" read is still a better use of my time than mindless scrolling. I would rather spend my time reading. And better to read whatever I have on hand rather than use the excuse of "I don't have my current read with me". This year, there are books that remained unfinished because they "lived" in my living room bookshelf and I mostly only read them while sitting in my reading chair. Or they lived in my backpack, or my bedroom bookshelf. I read a lot more ebooks than paper books, just because it's so much more convenient for me to read in bed with a backlit e-reader than to turn on a light.<br /><br />One thing I could do this year is to set some ground rules (that's actually what Z recommended I do when I told her how much I was reading, the online courses I was taking, etc.). I think it's totally fair to start a new book if my current read isn't accessible/available. I also think it’s important to balance “light” reads with heavier ones and to have at least one of those on the go at all times -- and to give myself permission to start one whenever I don’t currently have one started. So, ground rules:<br /><br />Finish what you started OR make a conscious decision to set it aside for another time. <br /><br />Avoid reading two similar books at once (e.g. books about mindfulness or meditation). <br /><br />One online course at a time. I’m going to start by focusing on finishing the Next Step Dharma one. And I’m going to set aside time for it once a week (Friday mornings). <br /><br />“[...] reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world.” (from an article on medium.com by Zat Rana)Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-20477488165003709412016-06-14T21:12:00.004-04:002016-06-14T21:12:46.744-04:00What Gentle Parenting Means To MeI'm feeling inspired to write a little bit here after a conversation with an old friend yesterday. (Someone I did my undergrad with but who moved across the country after we graduated. We've only seen each other a few times since then but each time we do, there's no awkwardness, it's like we just saw each other the day before. I love friendships like that.)
My friend, who has no children, was asking me questions about how I am raising my kids after I mentioned that I would have a hard time leaving them in a daycare that used time-outs. She was surprised, and I think I would have been, too, had I heard someone say that before I had children of my own. She said, "well, what do you do instead?" And I tried to summarize my parenting style succinctly but with difficulty.
I said, well, time-outs are kind of an "easy solution" and a one-size-fits-all approach to solving problems, which isn't necessarily the most effective. What I do if my 3-year-old is "acting out" or having trouble dealing with his emotions (frustrations, anger, sadness, etc.) is to get down on his level and talk to him. I try to name his emotions for him since he's not quite able to do it himself yet. ("Reflection" is actually a communication skill that works well with adults, too!) And I ask him to try to come up with a solution to the problem himself. It's harder than just saying "go to your room!" It takes more time. It requires more involvement. It requires me stopping what I'm doing, which can be annoying. It doesn't give immediate "results." But it does foster a strong relationship between him and I, and that's my main goal. I told my friend I was just trying to parent in the best way I knew how. I told her that it turned out that there was a name for this gentle parenting style: "attachment parenting." She said the word "attachment" sounded negative to her - it made her think of clingy children! I was interested to learn that, and I value my friend's opinion enough to avoid using that term now.
I think the best way of explaining how I try to parent is that I treat my kids as humans, like I would like to be treated. That means no belittling, shaming, punishing, etc. I often make parallels with how I react to my kids' cries with how I would like my husband/partner/friend to react. Just because, deep down, I think it's a ridiculous reason to be crying, doesn't mean that I can't empathize, and recognize that these are real emotions that they're feeling. They're not having a tantrum just to piss me off. They are having a tantrum because they are genuinely really upset about something, trivial though it may be. I can't imagine someone I love with all my heart ignoring me while I cry my heart out. I just can't. That's not ok. When people say "just ignore them when they're acting out" I feel like that's an awful thing to do.
That does NOT mean that my kids get to do whatever they want, no rules, no consequences. The best analogy that I read was that I'm a fair, caring boss, and they are my employees. The fair, caring, boss listens to her employees, but when it comes down to it, she does make the final decision. But her employees know she always has their back, and they can always turn to her for help if they need it. That's the kind of relationship I want with my kids. I think that kids with a strong bond with their parents have more self-confidence later on. Knowing someone's always got your back does that.
I may write more on this subject later...Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-87099198222859401482015-12-31T21:35:00.001-05:002015-12-31T21:35:34.557-05:002016 IntentionsThe usual:<div>Ask more questions.<div>Drink more water.</div></div><div>And:</div><div>Be more mindful. (i.e. stop wasting time on Facebook and get stuff done.)</div><div>Read more. Real books. Even if it's only 10 minutes here and there. </div><div><br></div><div>I also want to keep going on this decluttering journey I've started. I'm not konmari-ing to the extreme, but I do want to own fewer possessions and have a simpler life.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2016, I'd like to start giving babywearing workshops again. And keep leading LLL meetings, whether in O or in H.</div>Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-52443859672046181002015-12-31T21:20:00.001-05:002015-12-31T21:36:40.754-05:002015 year in reviewJanuary 2015<div>- gave more babywearing workshops</div><div>- published a babywearing article on an American blog</div><div>- spent NYE at Lison's because MB worked at Christmas</div><div>- spent an extra week in Rimouski after the holidays because of a gas leak at the airport</div><div>- was busy busy busy at work</div><div><br></div><div>February 2015</div><div>- was still crazy busy at work trying to finish stuff up before leaving</div><div>- gave more babywearing workshops</div><div>- worked on my LLL leader application</div><div>- soooooooo tired!</div><div><br></div><div>March 2015</div><div>- spent time helping Emily breastfeed her new baby</div><div>- gave a few more babywearing workshops</div><div>- attended my boss's retirement party</div><div>- started my mat leave five weeks in advance </div><div><br></div><div>April 2015</div><div>- nested and spent time with X</div><div>- had a baby</div><div><br></div><div>May 2015</div><div>- MB went back to work</div><div>- first outing with both kids alone (he Great Glebe Garage Sale!)</div><div>- we lost our tenants, and found new ones (who ended up canceling on us at the last minute, at the end of July)</div><div><br></div><div>June 2015</div><div>- gave a presentation at the OBG Big Meetup</div><div>- spent time at the park with Crystal and Isla</div><div>- flew to the Georgian Bay to spend a week with Syb and Gail</div><div><br></div><div>July 2015</div><div>- came back exhausted from our "vacation"</div><div>- stayed mostly home, and went to the park, for the three weeks that MB was away</div><div>- went to Jazmine's wedding anniversary party</div><div>- went to Rimouski at the end of the month (chalet), did NOT have a good time</div><div><br></div><div>August 2015</div><div>- Ashleigh and Meaghan visit from NL!</div><div>- had M's tongue and lip ties revised</div><div>- mentioned moving to H to MB</div><div><br></div><div>September 2015</div><div>- visited houses in H</div><div>- bought a new house!</div><div>- became a LLL leader</div><div><br></div><div>October 2015</div><div>- packed up and moved to a different city!</div><div><br></div><div>November 2015</div><div>- unpack and then leave for three weeks in Halifax</div><div><br></div><div>December 2015</div><div>- visit to Rimouski</div><div>- early Christmas in H with family, and then Christmas Eve in Warwick. Dropped MB off at the airport on Christmas Day!</div><div><br></div><div>What a year!</div>Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-52079157703251757472014-01-01T16:04:00.001-05:002014-01-01T16:04:52.666-05:002014 IntentionsProjects for 2014<div><br></div><div>-drink a different decaf hot beverage every morning/day</div><div>(different coffees, London fog, different teas...)</div><div>-transfer recipes to Paprika app</div><div>-make my own breakfast cereal</div><div>-try rock climbing</div><div>-become a LLL leader? </div><div><br></div><div>Goals</div><div>-drink more water</div><div>-read more books!</div><div>-ask more questions (same goal as last yr and the yr before)</div><div>-clean up/pick up after myself more consistently</div><div>-make eating junk food a *special* occasion</div><div>-stop buying sugary cereal (make my own)</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">-make weekly meal plans</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">-help moms breastfeed and wear their babies</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-53229627871718509662013-09-18T22:27:00.001-04:002013-09-18T22:27:05.919-04:00Les mots."Il ne faudrait pas dire qu'on «se bat contre le cancer» puisque
effectivement, ça donne l'impression que les gens qui en décèdent ne se
sont pas assez battus. Ce n'est pas vrai, ce n'est qu'une illusion de
pouvoir."<br />
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- tiré d'un commentaire sur le texte "<a href="http://urbania.ca/blog/4328/les-mots">Les mots</a>" dans Urbania. Texte partagé par MF. <br />
Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-55169362530293858442013-04-01T07:58:00.001-04:002013-04-01T07:58:27.878-04:0052 Lists: Week OnePrompts from here:<br />
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http://www.moorea-seal.com/p/52-lists.html?m=1<br />
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"Words That Touch Your Soul"<br />
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thébaïde<br />
solitude<br />
thé<br />
randonnée<br />
gemutlich<br />
cozy<br />
greenery<br />
feuillage<br />
hamac<br />
Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-26340869340598422912013-03-20T11:51:00.001-04:002013-03-20T11:51:34.421-04:00FW: "bisous de Papa"<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Mathieu Bélanger [mailto:belangermath@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Kim Lacroix<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: "bisous de Papa"<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Envoie moi pas des affaires de même quand je suis en public: c'est gênant de partir à pleurer en pleine physio... :)<SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR>Le mardi 11 décembre 2012, Kim Lacroix a écrit :<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote> <DIV><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><A name=13b8aedc16b79b1d__MailAutoSig></A> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">Tellement cute comme idée : mettre 21 petits bonbons dans un pot pour que Xavier compte les jours jusqu'à ce que Papa revienne du travail!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="http://tinytwistcreative.com/2012/09/daddy-kisses/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff face="Arial, sans-serif"><U>http://tinytwistcreative.com/2012/09/daddy-kisses/</U></FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">xoxoxoxo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-39867887990781628902013-03-19T14:54:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:54:16.821-04:00Proust Questionnaire<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div>What is your idea of happiness? Feeling loved and appreciated</div> <div>Where would you most like to live? Somewhere warm, with no bugs, close to water, away from big cities</div> <div>What is your favorite virtue?</div> <div>What are your favorite qualities in a man?</div> <div>What are your favorite qualities in a woman?</div> <div>What do you most value in your friends?</div> <div>What is your biggest weakness?</div> <div>What do you enjoy doing most?</div> <div>What is your most marked characteristic?</div> <div>What is your idea of misery?</div> <div>If not yourself, who would you like to be?</div> <div>What is your favorite color and flower?</div> <div>What is your favorite bird?</div> <div>Who are your favorite writers?</div> <div>Who are your favorite poets?</div> <div>Who are your favorite artists?</div> <div>Who are your favorite musicians?</div> <div>Who are your favorite heroes and heroines in fiction?</div> <div>Who are the heroes and heroines in your life?</div> <div>Who are your favorite heroes and heroines in history?</div> <div>What is your favorite food and drink?</div> <div>What are your favorite names?</div> <div>What do you most dislike?</div> <div>Which historical figures do you most dislike?</div> <div>What event in history do you most admire?</div> <div>What social movement do you most admire?</div> <div>What natural gift would you most like to possess?</div> <div>How would you like to die?</div> <div>What is your present state of mind?</div> <div>What is your biggest pet peeve?</div> <div>Which fault in others do you most easily tolerate?</div> <div>Which fault in yourself do you most easily tolerate?</div> <div>What is your motto? Ask more questions.</div> <div> </div> <div>Le principal trait de mon caractère?</div> <div>La qualité que je désire chez un homme?</div> <div>La qualité que je préfère chez une femme?</div> <div>Ce que j'apprécie le plus chez mes amis?</div> <div>Mon principal défaut?</div> <div>Mon occupation préférée?</div> <div>Mon rêve de bonheur?</div> <div>Quel serait mon plus grand malheur?</div> <div>Ce que je voudrais être?</div> <div>Le pays où je désirerais vivre?</div> <div>La couleur que je préfère?</div> <div>La fleur que j'aime?</div> <div>L'oiseau que je préfère?</div> <div>Mes auteurs favoris en prose?</div> <div>Mes poètes préférés?</div> <div>Mes héros favoris dans la fiction?</div> <div>Mes héroïnes favorites dans la fiction?</div> <div>Mes compositeurs préférés?</div> <div>Mes peintres favoris?</div> <div>Mes héros dans la vie réelle?</div> <div>Mes héroïnes dans l'histoire?</div> <div>Mes noms favoris?</div> <div>Ce que je déteste par-dessus tout?</div> <div>Caractères historiques que je méprise le plus?</div> <div>Le fait militaire que j'estime le plus?</div> <div>La réforme que j'admire le plus?</div> <div>Le don de la nature que je voudrais avoir?</div> <div>Comment j'aimerais mourir?</div> <div>État présent de mon esprit?</div> <div>Fautes qui m'inspirent le plus d'indulgence?</div> <div>Ma devise?</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-65734022881227945292013-03-19T14:53:00.003-04:002013-03-19T14:53:21.904-04:00Quote unquote<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a> <div><font size="3">Aimer c'est, finalement, faire don de nos préférences à ceux que nous préférons. <br> Daniel Pennac (<i>Comme un roman</i>, p.86, Éd. Gallimard)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font size="3">(via Gilles Jobin)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-54991807620223406092013-03-19T14:53:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:53:17.018-04:00Quotations I LikeUn bon livre est celui qu'on retrouve toujours plein après l'avoir vidé.
<br>(Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien)
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<br>There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
<br>There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
<br>There is society where none intrudes,
<br>By the deep sea, and music in its roar.
<br>I love not man the less, but nature more.
<br>(George Gordon Byron)
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<br>Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
<br>(Albert Einstein)
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<br>It is not the strongest one that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change-and if you can't change something, change the way you think about it.
<br>(TAUS, via Darwin)
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<br>Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedenten die Grenzen meiner Welt.
<br>[The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.]
<br>Ludwig Wittgenstein
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<br>Quand je pense à tous les livres qu'il me reste à lire, j'ai la certitude d'être encore heureux.
<br>(Jules Renard)
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<br>C'est presque tout que de savoir lire.
<br>(Alain)
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<br>Le monde est un livre ouvert. Autour de nous, en nous, il nous présente ses messages, les infinies variations de sa beauté, et ses certitudes. Chacun peut y lire directement ce qui lui est offert, et offert à tous. Il lui suffit d'ouvrir sa curiosité, son intelligence et son coeur.
<br>(René Barjavel)
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<br>L'essentiel est de lire beaucoup. N'importe quoi. Ce qu'on a envie de lire. Le tri se fait après.
<br>(René Barjavel)
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<br>Lire donne l'occasion d'aménager très tôt sa solitude intérieure. Elle devient alors source de plaisir, de bonheur, de richesse, au lieu d'être vécue comme un cachot, un malheur, une pénitence. Aucun autre instrument éducatif, télévision, conférences, jeux, ne saurait la remplacer, car il n'y a que la lecture où l'on soit seul. Un enfant sachant tirer parti de sa solitude s'accomodera de tout.
<br>(Madeleine Chapsal)
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<br>Ce rapport de passion avec la lecture nous vient de l'enfance et, avec l'âge, y retourne. C'est pourquoi il est si important d'apprendre l'art de lire dès ses jeunes années: pour ne plus jamais, de sa vie entière, être seul. Je ne suis jamais seule ni totalement abandonnée, du moment qu'il y a des livres. Tous les livres. En somme, vous. Car les livres, ce sont les autres. Présents-absents.
<br>(Madeleine Chapsal)
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<br>[...] si vous lisez pour le plaisir, lisez plusieurs livres en même temps ; laissez sur votre table un livre de poésie, un roman, quelques essais et peut-être une ou deux pièces. L'idée qu'il faut lire un livre de bout en bout avant de se permettre de passer à un autre relève tout bonnement d'un puritanisme probablement hérité de l'enfance.
<br>(Robertson Davies)
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<br>Lire, c'est penser avec un autre, penser la pensée d'un autre, et penser la pensée, conforme ou contraire à la sienne, qu'il nous suggère.
<br>(Émile Faguet)
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<br>...et quoi de plus jouissif que l'état d'apprentissage?
<br>(Gilles Jobin)
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<br>Plenty to see and hear and feel yet.
<br>(James Joyce, Ulysses)
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<br>Le bonheur, c'est tout de suite ou jamais.
<br>Ce n'est pas organiser, enrichir, dorer, capitonner la vie mais savoir la goûter à tout instant.
<br>C'est la joie de vivre, quelles que soient l'organisation et les circonstances.
<br>C'est la joie de boire l'univers par tous ses sens, de goûter, sentir, entendre, le soleil et la pluie, le vent et le sag, l'air dans les poumons, le sein dans la main, l'outil dans le poing, dans l'oeil le ciel et la marguerite.
<br>Si tu ne sais pas que tu es vivant, tout cela tourne autour de toi sans que tu y goûtes, la vie te traverse sans que tu retiennes rien des joies ininterrompues qu'elle t'offre.
<br>(René Barjavel)Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-2351107766580476952013-03-19T14:46:00.003-04:002013-03-19T14:46:51.644-04:00Northrop Frye's def of "teacher"<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a> <div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3">“The teacher, as has been recognized at least since Plato’s Meno, is not primarily someone who knows, instructing someone who does not know. He is rather someone who attempts to re-create the subject in the student’s mind, and his strategy in doing this is first of all to get the student to recognize what he already potentially knows…. That is why it is the teacher, rather than the student, who asks most of the questions.”</font></div> <div><font size="3"><br> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif">Northrop Frye</font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><i> </i></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">(</font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><i>The Great Code</i></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">)</font></font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">“As workshop leader, I am not really teaching self-revision. Such workshops serve two purposes. First, participants become more self-confident when they discover that others too are having a particular sort of problem, or have not found any better solution to that problem. Sometimes the most important function of a workshop is therapeutic – to relieve participants of a certain burden of anxiety: ‘Am I the only one having this problem?’ Second, since a workshop requires participants to formulate procedures that may have become semi-automated, they may become aware that their revision or self-revision procedure is not as good as some other procedure.”</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Brian Mossop (<i>Editing and Revising for Translators</i>)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="1">One of the key assumptions of social constructivist pedagogy is that the most valuable activity in a classroom is one that provides opportunities for learners to work and interact together to become part of a community of scholars and practitioners (Jonassen, Davidson, Collins, Campbell & Haag 1995). Whether the students meet face-to-face or online, the assumption is that by making their covert ideas overt, students support each other in the construction of their understanding of the topic and concepts under discussion. (<a href="http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=41&layout=html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Source</u></font></a>)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3">A few strategies for cooperative learning include</font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <font size="3"> <li style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">Reciprocal Questioning: students work together to ask and answer questions </li><li style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">Jigsaw Classroom: students become "experts" on one part of a group project and teach it to the others in their group </li><li style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">Structured Controversies: Students work together to research a particular controversy (Woolfolk 2010) </li></font> </ul> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(learning_theory)"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Source</u></font></a>)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-81707885769292521542013-03-19T14:46:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:46:13.428-04:00My bookstore<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">If I opened a bookstore, and I decided to stock it with only (what I consider) the “best books”, which books would I choose?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">I like seeing what books are important to other people (or which books other people think are important), so I thought I’d make my own list. Obviously, this is a very subjective list. And it’s a very limited one; I really haven’t read that many books in my life so far. These books are culled from those I have read, and fit into at least one of these categories (and sometimes more than one): </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(a) I simply enjoyed reading this book very much, OR</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(b) I think everyone should read this book (because it makes you think/see things in a different light/ask questions) OR</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(c) I think this book is written in an interesting/original manner.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>French Fiction</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">L’enfant de Noé (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">La part de l’Autre (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">La grammaire est une chanson douce (Erik Orsenna)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">La petite fille de Monsieur Linh (Philippe Claudel)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Le libraire (Gérard Bessette)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Là où la mer commence (Dominique Demers)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Lignes de faille (Nancy Huston)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>English Fiction</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Chronicles of Narnia series (7 books)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">His Dark Materials series (3 books)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series (5 books)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">1984 by George Orwell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Brave New World by Aldous Huxley</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Giver by Lois Lowry</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Lord of the Flies (William Golding)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Nancy Drew series (“Carolyn Keene”) (truly enjoyed)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Hardy Boys series (“Frank W. Dixon”)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>French Non-fiction</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Petit cours d’autodéfense intellectuelle (Normand Baillargeon)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>English Non-fiction</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">At Large and At Small (Anne Fadiman)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">How Children Learn (John Holt)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In Praise of Slow (Carl Honoré)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (John Gottman)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Anne Frank’s Diary</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Losing North (Nancy Huston)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Illustrated Books/Graphic Novels/BD</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Maus by Art Spiegelman</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">La série Tintin</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Reference</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Le Petit Robert</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Le Petit Larousse</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Canadian Oxford Dictionary</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font size="3">(I found this idea on a LibraryThing discussion board mentioning the book A Novel Bookstore. It's “a great fantasy for book lovers” – a bookstore for “the best books”. Which books would I include?)</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-88849056804786848792013-03-19T14:45:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:45:58.324-04:00My Best Of OttawaThis September will mark my tenth anniversary of living in Ottawa.
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<br>After ten years here, I think I'm starting to know the city pretty well. If I were to give recommendations to someone visiting the city, here is my personal (highly subjective) list of places to see/things to do:
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<br>Best restaurants
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<br>Sushi: Genji off Elgin
<br>Indian Buffet: there are several of these but we really like East India Company on Somerset
<br>Best splurge: L'Orée du bois in Chelsea or Domus Café in the Market
<br>Best brunch: The French Baker on Murray St.
<br>Lunch date: Au Coin du Maroc in Hull
<br>Cheap food? Pho, Poutine or Shawarma
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<br>Best places to walk
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<br>Along the Rideau Canal, all the way down to the Locks
<br>Behind Parliament Hill
<br>In the Byward Market
<br>Along the Ottawa River (near Parkdale where the rock statues are, or near Westboro Beach)
<br>In Gatineau Park
<br>Experimental Farm/Botanical Gardens
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<br>Best touristy things to do
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<br>National Art Gallery
<br>Museum of Civilization
<br>Museum of Nature
<br>MB would say Aviation Museum (but I've never been)
<br>Skating on the Rideau Canal
<br>Champlain Lookout in Gatineau Park
<br>Free tour of the Parliament BuildingsKim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-14378271471446543122013-03-19T14:44:00.003-04:002013-03-19T14:44:55.039-04:00Mots à intégrer à mon vocabulaire<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> <div>Although he is known in Japan as much for being a gadfly activist as for being one of the country's most celebrated writers, in person Oe is more of a delightful wag.</div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="4"><b>gadfly: 2. </b><i><b>fig.</b></i><b> One who irritates, torments, or worries another. Also (after Latin </b><i><b>œstrus</b></i><b>), an irresistible impulse to some course of action.</b></font></div> <div><b>equanimity</b> (steadiness of mind under stress) <i>"he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"</i></div> <div> </div> <div>contentious: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits</div> <div> </div> <div>(n) <b>simulacrum</b> 1(an insubstantial or vague semblance) </div> <div>2 <a href="http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?o2=&o0=1&o8=1&o1=1&o7=&o5=&o9=&o6=&o3=&o4=&s=effigy"><font color="#0000FF"><u>effigy</u></font></a>, <a href="http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?o2=&o0=1&o8=1&o1=1&o7=&o5=&o9=&o6=&o3=&o4=&s=image"><font color="#0000FF"><u>image</u></font></a>, <b>simulacrum</b> (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture))</div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>schwar·me·rei</b></i></font></div> <div><i>noun</i> \ˌshver-mə-ˈ<font face="Times New Roman Baltic, serif">rī\</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Definition of </b></i><b>SCHWARMEREI</b></font></div> <div><b>:</b> excessive or unwholesome sentiment </div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Origin of </b></i><b>SCHWARMEREI</b></font></div> <div>German <i>Schwärmerei,</i> from <i>schwärmen</i> to be enthusiastic, literally, to swarm</div> <div>First Known Use: 1845</div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>unre</b><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><b>ˈmittingly</b></font><b>, adv.</b></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="4"><b> Without remission; incessantly, continually.</b></font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-75370224994804077352013-03-19T14:44:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:44:46.018-04:00MLISHaving THREE people attending my workshop yesterday with MLIS degrees, my interest has been renewed... I often see librarian positions that seem interesting, but they pretty much all require Master's degrees. I think the work of a Librarian would be similar to that of a Terminologist in many ways: research, evaluation of sources, analysis of a subject field, classification of concepts.
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<br>Finanacially, I'm not sure an MLIS degree would be worthwhile, because librarian jobs are few and far between (hence the three librarians in my group currently working as translators/editors), and don't pay that well. But still, I've always dreamed of working in a library... I still regret not applying for the job I saw a few months ago, as director of libraries for a school board in the Gaspé region. They didn't actually have the MLIS as "required"... although of course it would surely have been a plus.
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<br>There are several MLIS programs that I could do online, including one from San José State University: <a href="http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/mlis_mlis.htm">http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/mlis_mlis.htm</a> The program requires about 14 courses, which have to be completed in seven years.
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<br>On the LibraryThing forum, someone shared their experience with the San Jose program:
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<br>"I am in Canada and completing my MLIS from San Jose (I'm on courses #11 and 12 of 14 required). [...] I will be completing the program in December having taken one course per term originally, then a couple in the summer and two courses plus an internship in our local public library last fall.
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<br>I have found the profs to be diverse but have had excellent experience with them, a wide array of courses and applications [...]. There are three Core courses which are taken first, at whatever rate, along with a technology course and Research Methods.
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<br>[...] I really enjoyed Online Searching, Cataloging and Competitive Intelligence with Amelia Kassel who has her own business in the field. A number of the profs are Canadian including Cheryl Strenstrom from Nova Scotia who teaches Reference. There are at least 50 Canadians in the program right now and I am in touch and meet regularly with a few of them. Every year at the OLA conference, they sponsor a wine and cheese reception for students and interested people -- I just saw one advertised that is upcoming at the Library Conference in BC where there are also a large number. If you look on the SJSU SLIS website, it indicates where students are located. Ken Haycock [the school director] is a very progressive leader who initiates new endeavours on a regular basis and they recently received a 7 year ALA designation (required every few years)."Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-41050535114129542842013-03-19T14:43:00.002-04:002013-03-19T14:44:00.149-04:00Essay topic<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> <div>"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." (Nietzsche) </div> <div> </div> <div>If I were trying to convince someone this was true, what would I say? Why are convictions more dangerous?</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-63787419847596270992013-03-19T14:43:00.001-04:002020-06-01T11:00:28.159-04:00Lire, ce n'est pas...« Lire une histoire, ce n'est pas pour endormir les enfants mais pour éveiller les adultes. »
<br>Patrick MICHEL, 1001 escales sur la mer des histoires, page 99.
<br>via « Présentation du Projet Mini-bibliothèque »Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-58686159044552073812013-03-19T14:40:00.003-04:002013-03-19T14:40:40.773-04:00A template<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div><b>Citation</b></div> <div><b>S</b><b>hort synopsis</b></div> <div><b>Quotes</b></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> <div><b>P</b><b>ersonal response</b></div> <div>Why is it important (or not important)? </div> <div>What is the author trying to say? </div> <div>How does the author say what they’re trying to say? </div> <div>What evidence do they use? </div> <div>What style of argument are they making? </div> <div>How are they positioning themselves?</div> <div>Why is the author’s point important? If you can figure out why the author felt he or she needed to write the article or book in your hands, you’re a good way towards figuring out what they’re trying to say. </div> <div>What contribution does the work make to the author’s discipline, to our understanding of society or the world? </div> <div>What problems are they trying to solve?</div> <div>Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why?</div> <div>Who was influenced by it, or influenced it?</div> <div>How does this work connect with other works? </div> <div>What’s new about it (or, if it’s an older work, what was new when it was published)? </div> <div>What disciplinary debates is the author engaging? </div> <div>How does this work build on, or refute, earlier works by other authors? </div> <div>How does it fit with the author’s other work? </div> <div>What other work is the one you’re reading like?</div> <div>What is the social context of the work? </div> <div>What kind of person wrote it, and for what kind of audience? </div> <div>What historical events shaped the author’s perceptions and ideas? </div> <div>How was their world different from yours, and how was it similar?</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> <div><b>Questions raised by the text</b></div> <div>Challenge your reading material: </div> <div>What does the material leave unanswered? </div> <div>What undermines the conclusions reached?</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-86643566721038474082013-03-19T14:40:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:40:24.155-04:00Who said translation wasn't dangerous?A translation error with serious consequences...
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<br>From The Meming of Life blog:
<br>"[...] The Vatican came to accept evolution the same way it agreed that Galileo deserved an apology - glacially and partially. [...]
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<br>In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1996, John Paul II [said]:
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<br>Aujourd'hui, près d'un demi-siècle après la parution de l'encyclique, de nouvelles connaissances conduisent à reconnaître dans la théorie de l'évolution plus qu'une hypothèse.
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<br>Like all major papal holdings-forth, the October 22 address was translated into several other languages. The English language edition of L'Osservatore Romano, the papal paper, translated it like so:
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<br>Today, more than a half-century after the appearance of that encyclical, some new findings lead us toward the recognition of more than one hypothesis within the theory of evolution.
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<br>Somebody diddled with the Pope! [And there are actually two major errors in this translation: près de translated as more than instead of almost, on top of the "more than one...". -KL]
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<br>The difference is huge. If the pope says "[there is] more than one hypothesis within the theory of evolution," that's a yawn. If he says "Evolution [is] more than an hypothesis," that's an earthquake.
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<br>A correction appeared three weeks later. But you know how that is. The faithful worldwide jumped on whichever translation they preferred. Some major media stories even got it backwards, claiming that "more than an hypothesis" was the original error, and that "more than one hypothesis" was the correction. Answers in Genesis and other creationist organizations accepted the correct translation as evidence against the Catholic church.
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<br>That's all the expected gum flapping, none of it as interesting as the initial act of mistranslation.
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<br>In the correction, the English edition editor explained that they had taken an "overly literal" translation of the French text. But one enterprising media outlet ran the text by four French language experts, none of whom saw any possible reading other than "evolution [is] more than an hypothesis."Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-10003430006108128902013-03-19T14:39:00.003-04:002013-03-19T14:39:20.321-04:00Street Cents<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div>Article intéressant sur les céréales supposément « santé »...</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/streetcents/archives/guide/2002/13/s04_02.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.cbc.ca/streetcents/archives/guide/2002/13/s04_02.html</u></font></a> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-21453521722682710512013-03-19T14:39:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:39:07.257-04:00Traductologie : Antoine Berman<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div>This is the beginning of a series of posts on authors and theories that I studied during my M.A. in “Translation Studies”, or “traductologie”.</div> <div> </div> <div>I want to review strictly what I understood or got out of the study of these authors or theories.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>“<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><b>Berman estime qu'il est nécessaire de substituer à la condition ancillaire (reprehensible) d'une pratique dont il faut repenser les fondements théoriques et l'éthique: «La </b></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><i><b>viséemëme </b></i></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><b>de la traduction - ouvrir au niveau de l'écrit un certain rapport à l'Autre, féconder le Propre par la médiation de l'Étranger -[...] l'essence de la traduction est d'être ouverture, dialogue, métissage, décentrement» (p. 16).” </b></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><b>(</b></font><a href="http://www.erudit.org/revue/TTR/1995/v8/n2/037227ar.pdf"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u><b>TTR 1995</b></u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><b>)</b></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div>Forthcoming: Holderlin, discourse analysis, Derrida, polysystems theory, Schleiermacher, Venuti...</div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></div> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-37162142288662965112013-03-19T14:38:00.001-04:002013-03-19T14:38:51.690-04:00The Meaning of Life"When we talk about meaning, what are we talking about? What kind of answer are people looking for when they ask, "What's it all about?"
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<br>When people say they want to "make a difference", that's what they're talking about. They want their actions to move the plot of some important story. They want that story to reach a better conclusion because of what they did.
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<br>Because I might die at any moment, the stories I think I am in the middle of may never conclude in any satisfactory way. And even if my life is not cut off prematurely, then eventually I arrive at decrepitude and senility. What kind of climax is that?
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<br>One solution is to work an afterlife into our stories. Then death doesn't cut the plot short, because we get a sequel in Heaven. And old age is just a temporary hardship on the way to a glorious eternity.
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<br>It's a fabulous plot device. For Humanists, though, it has just one problem: It's too transparent to be believable. Of course I want to believe that I will live forever in bliss, that all my questions will be answered someday, and that my relationships will work out perfectly and then continue forever. Who wouldn't want to believe that? It's a wonderful fantasy.
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<br>The problem is that I can't believe it. It's like the story that tomorrow will be a good day because I'm going to win $10 million in the lottery. Good as it sounds, that story doesn't motivate me or give me a sense of meaning (no matter how many times I repeat it to myself), because I just can't believe it."
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<br>"If the prospect of death makes it harder to tell an authentically motivating story about your life, some important part of the story of your life needs to be bigger than you -- not because God demands it and not even because that's how good people live, but because you need to envision yourself as a positive contributor to a story that will not end when you die."
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<br>Source: "Living Without an Afterlife" by Doug Muder (<a href="http://thenewhumanism.org/authors/doug-muder/articles/living-without-an-afterlife">http://thenewhumanism.org/authors/doug-muder/articles/living-without-an-afterlife</a>)Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-77365587887872138242013-01-02T16:57:00.001-05:002013-01-02T16:57:56.932-05:00Looking back and looking forward<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Looking back at 2012...</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">I usually make a list of all the books I’ve read, but this year was a particularly bad one for reading: only about 12 books total (less than half of what I read last year). The most memorable ones were <i>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</i>, and, as much as I hate to admit it, the two trilogies I read: Hunger Games and 50 Shades. The longest book I read was <i>The Wise Man</i><i>’</i><i>s Fear</i>, clocking in at 1500 or so pages (read in Mexico).</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">It was a busy year, but then again, that hasn’t stopped me from reading before. I really think the iPhone I got last Christmas made me read a lot less. Before going to bed, what did I do instead of reading pretty much every night? Spend time on my phone...</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Here’s a recap of my year, month-by-month.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In January 2012, we went to the Festibière de Gatineau and we also spent a weekend skiing at Mont Tremblant.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In February, I went skiing at Tremblant again with S and M and M’s sister. I also attended my cousin’s post-wedding party.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In March, we went to Rimouski, then Mexico for a week, and then when we came back, we rented a ski chalet in Baie-Saint Paul with a bunch of friends and spent the weekend skiing at Le Massif.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In April, I went to Halifax for the Easter long weekend. We spent a fortune on restaurants. But it was an awesome mini-trip. I had a stupid fight with a friend. Then we celebrated Mom’s 50<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> birthday and M’s finishing her PhD, and went to Rimouski. </font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In May, M organized a big birthday party for me at our place. I also went to J’s 30<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> birthday party and did a tandem jump with L.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In June, we trained for the skydiving record by doing 8-way jumps. I went to the 40-way training camp.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In July, we jumped with M and S. We set a new Canadian skydiving record. Then M crashed our plane and spent a week in the hospital. And two days after he finally got out of the hospital, I found out I was pregnant. Phew.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In August, we prepared for our move. And I was offered a teaching position at the UQO, which I accepted.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In September, we started renovating our new house. Then once everything was ready at the end of the month, we emptied our apartment and moved in. I met my midwife for the first time. I also announced to B that I was pregnant and she said “me too!”</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In October, we went to Rimouski. We also celebrated our two-year wedding anniversary by going out to a small restaurant and watching live jazz. We officially told the world we were having a baby. M got to finally stop wearing his back brace. He painted, assembled and installed six bookcases in our living room for me. And finally, we found out we were having a boy!</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In November, I went to Halifax for work. We bought a crib for the baby’s room. We went to Montreal to see Chic Gamine and spend some time with our friends C + E, and M went flying in the wind tunnel for the first time since his accident.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In December, I went down to Kingston for my friend L’s baby shower. Then we had our HUGE housewarming party. And we travelled to our usual four++ cities over the holidays (but minus Rimouski this year): Montreal, Quebec City, Warwick, Hawkesbury (then back to Quebec City, then back to Warwick, then back to Hawkesbury; yes, we made the rounds twice).</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">What a year.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">It looks like 2013 will be an exciting one too.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">I’m making a list of tentative goals knowing full well that they may not happen.</font></div> <div><font size="3"> </font></div> <ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; "> <font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <li>Walk and/or bike everywhere.</li><li>Read more books. Use the library.</li><li>Start discovering things to do and places to go in the Outaouais region and blogging about them <a href="http://www.kimlacroix.com/outaouais"><font color="#0000FF"><u>here</u></font></a>.</li><li>Whittle my wardrobe down to 33 items every three months (Project 333).</li><li>Aside from the items on our baby registry (carseat, stroller, cloth diapers, etc.), buy nothing new all year.</li><li><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font></li></font> </ol> </font> Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660921950949008956.post-45041074955805852612012-10-06T09:12:00.001-04:002012-10-06T09:12:22.854-04:00PopI feel like it's just popped out this week. All of a sudden, it's noticeable. Fun. :)Kim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02834503373303340119noreply@blogger.com0