Work Space

A very timely Friday Five from revkjarla at RevGalBlogPals who asks about the tschotske (momentos, weird things, etc.) in our workplaces.  Timely because I have spent this Saturday morning creating a home workplace in the bedroom of a child departed to university. And yet it is still Friday in some places! I love these dice that revkjarla has in her space: with GOD on every side.

But for my five things:

1. Here at home I am in someone else's space and surrounded by shoes, boots, very interesting books that are not my own, paints and odd earrings.
2. It is also the temporary home of my yarn/knitting wool stash. Both inspirational and comforting.
3. I look out the door to a large print of a mandolin-playing angel (brought back from Rome many many moons ago)
4. At work I have a shelf with a small statue of Notre Dame (bought at Oxfam one Christmas), a season tree (removable/ replaceable leaves), a taonga from Aotearoa and other sentimental tschotske
5. I seem to be a paper magnet and as a 'piler not a filer' this tends to overwhelm.  I am beginning to get the hang of using my new and wonderful Kindle to reduce this aspect of my workspace.

Seasonal meme

Another great meme from kathryn who writes:

The Season You're In - Friday Five

Headquarters for me is the northeast of the United States. Here school is getting back in session, the tease of autumn is in the air (or the hope for the tease of autumn is in the air) and church life is gearing up to full throttle.

One thing I've learned with blogging and social media is that the where I live is not necessarily where you live. And so I want to know what September means to you, in your place of the world and time in your life.

This week's Friday Five is:

What are 5 things that the beginning of September mean to you?

1. Spring!  It's in the air with a definite warming of the temperatures and also evident in the garden where lawn-mowing is once again a weekly task and the green waste bin is full to overflowing.

2. Father's Day.  First Sunday in September.  A bit strange this year with no father or father-in-law, no children at home, and the one-I-love away for a week. Good opportunity to indulge in some memories though.

3. Exams.  It's coming to the end of the school year and time to finalise the assessment stations and examination papers (see below)

4. Selection. Also time to select the students for the 2012 intake in January. A challenging task with 2065 applicants for 112 places - most of those applicants would probably make good doctors but we have to identify a subgroup who will thrive in our programme.

5. Parcel. 19 years ago a beautiful, wise, thoughtful, friendly September-birthday person became part of our family. Now is the time to send off her birthday parcel.

Bonus: What's one thing you could do without? Writing those exam questions.