Getting Back to Work . . .

Easing my way back into 'research mode' after a long and pleasant bank holiday weekend by maintaining my 'May Day' resolution and trying to provide a journal post for every day. Not perhaps my most inspired journal entry . . . Here, have a link to somewhere more interesting:

http://youtu.be/FgH9OxjXPdg
Mark Steel's lecture about De Vinci:

Brunch from Bank Holiday Monday.

Paulos recommended that I take an image of brunch from the upstairs window of our home which clearly took in a view of our freshly mown lawn. (I believe that the idea was that this image be used as evidence in any future disputation about whose turn it is to do the mowing.)

Wanted: Experty Tadpoleous.

While doing our first bit of serious lawn mowing, patio weeding and general gardening, Paul and I have observed that the defunct, neglected water feature in our yard appears to have become a baby amphibian pond? Absolutely seething with tadpoles! Amazing to look at but not quite sure how to respond to it yet. Where is the resident 'Experty Tadpoleous' when you need them (on a bank holiday weekend)? Hmm . . . I know, I'll try dialing '111' . . .

The reunion celebration that I will be at the end of this month: http://yakimavalleymuseum.org/special/japanese.cfm

A video about the 'Land of Joy and Sorrow' exhibition at Yakima Valley Museum:

Time is Swift.

I cannot believe how fast the past two months have gone . . . and yet it seems a million years ago as well (so much has happened). Where should I begin? I guess I will start with music. One of my favourite musical artists at the minute is 'Public Service Broadcasting'. They have been using stock footage and historical sound clips to create mediated music experiences. I had the chance to see them in performance when they came to Leicester 21 March; brilliant. Here is one of their videos, 'London Can Take It':

Happy Birthday, MVR!

I am so grateful for Mom's friends--who I am told, had a surprise birthday party for her! Happiest of birthdays to 'Mam' (as they say here in Leicester) and I am looking forward to re-celebrating when I visit for the reunion at the end of the month!

Brown Bag Seminar with Prof. Piotr Bienkowski.

What a wonderful Brown Bag Seminar with Prof. Piotr Bienkowski on Wednesday! The work he is doing with the Hamlyn Foundation's 'Our Museum' is very promising. Here is a link to the 'Attic' report for that session: http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/brown-bag-seminar-report-for-prof-piotr.html