Comments on: “The Last March of the Ents” http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/ traversing life with words Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alice http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-20000 Alice Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:48:05 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-20000 Hey MB I was just recommending you as a speaker for something...when I came across your post. Sorry we had time for not much more than a blurred hello at MW. As someone 5 months "on the other side" of pregnancy and motherhood, ohhh enjoy it. Do as much baby-wearin', diaper-changin' and silly song-singin' as humanly possible. We expect lots of photos. Hey MB I was just recommending you as a speaker for something…when I came across your post. Sorry we had time for not much more than a blurred hello at MW. As someone 5 months “on the other side” of pregnancy and motherhood, ohhh enjoy it. Do as much baby-wearin’, diaper-changin’ and silly song-singin’ as humanly possible. We expect lots of photos.

]]> By: Adriel http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-19184 Adriel Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:50:04 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-19184 Yay Janey! I'm very happy to hear the news! You keep on rocking emerging leader lady! PS - Adriel is a great name - for boys and girls of all ages! Yay Janey!

I’m very happy to hear the news! You keep on rocking emerging leader lady!

PS – Adriel is a great name – for boys and girls of all ages!

]]> By: Max Anderson http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-19106 Max Anderson Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:45:40 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-19106 Speaking of work, I'm looking forward to seeing what opportunities for collaboration we can come up with - I think I can speak for SOLINET when I say we would love you to have you work with us :-) Good luck in whatever you choose to do; whatever it is, I'm sure you will be successful! Speaking of work, I’m looking forward to seeing what opportunities for collaboration we can come up with – I think I can speak for SOLINET when I say we would love you to have you work with us :-) Good luck in whatever you choose to do; whatever it is, I’m sure you will be successful!

]]> By: Patrick Hogan http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18869 Patrick Hogan Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:40:30 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18869 Thanks for keeping your hand in library things at TechSource. I'm told babies do a lot of napping early on. You'll have to tweet that! Patrick Thanks for keeping your hand in library things at TechSource. I’m told babies do a lot of napping early on. You’ll have to tweet that!
Patrick

]]> By: Alane http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18754 Alane Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:29:17 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18754 Oh my, I have such mixed reactions to this, Michelle. I am 100% rah rah on your decision....yay! Life/work balance! But as one of the baby boomer librarians, I looked to the likes of you to leap into lib management and shake things up. Well, sensible you, you've said nuts to the existing ladder in favour of making your own ladder. I am pretty sure I like your ladder way better than the pre-fab ones I was offered, but I fret that the pre-fab ones prevail. Let's hope not. Looking forward to your post on your ideal job...I think that sort of musing is helpful generally as fodder for reinvention of traditional jobs. Oh my, I have such mixed reactions to this, Michelle. I am 100% rah rah on your decision….yay! Life/work balance! But as one of the baby boomer librarians, I looked to the likes of you to leap into lib management and shake things up. Well, sensible you, you’ve said nuts to the existing ladder in favour of making your own ladder. I am pretty sure I like your ladder way better than the pre-fab ones I was offered, but I fret that the pre-fab ones prevail. Let’s hope not.
Looking forward to your post on your ideal job…I think that sort of musing is helpful generally as fodder for reinvention of traditional jobs.

]]> By: Millie http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18748 Millie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:09:58 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18748 Congratulations! Enjoy the time with your baby and for doing things that truly engage you. Congratulations! Enjoy the time with your baby and for doing things that truly engage you.

]]> By: Kathryn Deiss http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18714 Kathryn Deiss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:36:32 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18714 Michelle! Fabulous news for you and good to hear about your plans. UH is the poorer for you leaving but you did good work while you were there for which I am certain they are appreciative. Good luck and glad to hear you are still on the ACRL book! ;-) Michelle! Fabulous news for you and good to hear about your plans. UH is the poorer for you leaving but you did good work while you were there for which I am certain they are appreciative. Good luck and glad to hear you are still on the ACRL book! ;-)

]]> By: Rachel Vacek http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18646 Rachel Vacek Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:33:33 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18646 Michelle - I am so happy for you, but I am sad for us here at the Univ. of Houston. You have shared your energy and contributed greatly to this library as well as libraryland at-large. I'm also sad because I just got here and now you are leaving! But I wish you the best and will still look forward to seeing what you have to say. (It is always informative as well as entertaining!) Michelle – I am so happy for you, but I am sad for us here at the Univ. of Houston. You have shared your energy and contributed greatly to this library as well as libraryland at-large. I’m also sad because I just got here and now you are leaving! But I wish you the best and will still look forward to seeing what you have to say. (It is always informative as well as entertaining!)

]]> By: Rick Roche http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18633 Rick Roche Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:16:37 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18633 Congratulations, Michelle. Take plenty of time to just love and live and enjoy. Take lots of pictures, write a baby journal, etc. Play with all the toys. Protect and teach, while you can. A thought about libraries. I spent six years as a stay at home Dad, and I count them as vital to my professional education because I became the library user for awhile. I saw and felt how the interest of lack of interest from library staff in various public libraries effected my library experience. I think I am more of a library user advocate now than I was just out of library school. So, these will not be lost years professionally. I worried after six years whether anyone would hire me again, but they did. You should have no problem there. Good luck with everything. Congratulations, Michelle. Take plenty of time to just love and live and enjoy. Take lots of pictures, write a baby journal, etc. Play with all the toys. Protect and teach, while you can.

A thought about libraries. I spent six years as a stay at home Dad, and I count them as vital to my professional education because I became the library user for awhile. I saw and felt how the interest of lack of interest from library staff in various public libraries effected my library experience. I think I am more of a library user advocate now than I was just out of library school. So, these will not be lost years professionally.

I worried after six years whether anyone would hire me again, but they did. You should have no problem there.

Good luck with everything.

]]> By: Paksenn http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/comment-page-1/#comment-18611 Paksenn Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:34:26 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2008/01/28/the-last-march-of-the-ents/#comment-18611 Speaking for some of the poor shlubs that Jane is leaving behind, she will be missed. Her infectious laugh and her generosity as a colleague can't be replaced. While I am fantastically happy for you, there will likely be some pouting too. : ( Speaking for some of the poor shlubs that Jane is leaving behind, she will be missed. Her infectious laugh and her generosity as a colleague can’t be replaced. While I am fantastically happy for you, there will likely be some pouting too. : (

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