SabbatiBlogue

TypePad en français

C’est chaud! c’est nouveau!

Ça fait des semaines que ça bouge chez TypePad en français. Peu à peu, ce blog se rend plus français sans que je ne fasse rien. «Categories» et devenue «Catégories», «Recent Posts» est devenu «Les notes récentes» etc. Personellement, j’aurais choisi un vocabulaire de blogue plus nord-américain, mais peu importe.

Il y a deux semaines, on a annoncé TypePad en français. Ou plutôt «TypePad France» (Imaginez mon grand soupir ici.) En tout cas, ça aide beaucoup.

Mais aujourd’hui! Si vous visitez «TypePad France», vous allez voir une liste «Derniers weblogs mis à jour» en français. D’accord, je vas mettre cette fonction sur mes weblogs blogues.

Sabbatical + blog

f you search for sabbatical and blog on Google, you get very few blogs about actual sabbaticals. There is one excellent one, with the fabulous name Sabbatiblog about a new career direction that is like a sabbatical for the blogger, a minister. There are indeed a few about academics on their sabbatical, and a surprising number of clergy.

But mostly Google finds blog entries like, “I guess you’ve noticed that I’ve been taking a sabbatical from blogging.” Which just proves my point that everyone needs sabbaticals.

Photos, please!

File this under "More and Better History Classes Needed."

Checking my stats from time to time I am able to see what a visitor googled in order to find my sites. Recently, someone clicked into the French blog, "Mais oui, la Louisiane" after having searched "photo Samuel de Champlain." Other visitors have searched "photo guerre-de-sept-ans" and "photos déportation-des-acadiens."

I am positive that these visitors leave disappointed.

The sabbatical corner of the blogosphere

I have been blogging since last May. All my blogging so far has been in French. If you don't read French, don't despair. The photo albums are very easy!

The first album, Allons à Lafayette 2003, documents the annual trip that Cornell College students make to Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette.

Another gives you a peek into the CD release party of my new favorite album, Bon Rêve, by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys. Have I mentioned that it is nominated for a Grammy?

"La belle vie en Louisiane" offers a little insight into life in south Louisiana.

Tomorrow I'll tell you about my blog in French, "Mais oui, la Louisiane."

Welcome to my sabbatical

Sabbatical. Sabbath time. This is my sabbatical year, my fourteenth year as a French prof at my college.

I have frequently said that everyone should have sabbatical time, not just professors. The more someone in a particular job really needs one, the less likely she or he is to be able to take a sabbatical.

I intend, therefore, to enjoy mine, to profit from mine, to the max! I'm living in Lafayette, Louisiana, speaking French most every day, eating well, dancing to Cajun music, and working, of course. I'll be writing about the more fun aspects of daily life on sabbatical in Louisiana. I invite you to sabbaticate vicariously.