I am staying at home today. I want to write: One of the applications needs to be finished, and the article with JE needs something. And I need to rest...
These are my two applications for the NFR this year: 1) PHIX, 2) MARLICH.
These are my three publications in May: 1) Äntligen - ett skånskt nyfynd av fjällig vägglav! (Lavbulletinen), 2) New evidence corroborates population differentiation in Xanthoria parietina (Lichenologist), 3) Økologisk krise langs kysten (BT).
Sitting in the sofa with the door to the balkony open, I just heard the cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)!!!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
A chronicle featuring lichens
was published in Bergens Tidende (BT), our daily paper, today.
Of course, the part about lichens had to be disguised in something that hopefully appeals to the general public!
BTW, I had so much fun writing it!
Of course, the part about lichens had to be disguised in something that hopefully appeals to the general public!
BTW, I had so much fun writing it!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Storvreta
A posting from Storvreta, N of Uppsala. Enjoying life.
Teaching yesterday was great. Discussing research project and 'doctoral strategy' with H and JE was inspiring and fruitful. Relaxing at A and JE's house is great. Tonight, we are invited to W and S for dinner and socialising. I will rest now for a couple of minutes, then I have to dress.
Teaching yesterday was great. Discussing research project and 'doctoral strategy' with H and JE was inspiring and fruitful. Relaxing at A and JE's house is great. Tonight, we are invited to W and S for dinner and socialising. I will rest now for a couple of minutes, then I have to dress.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Södertörn university college
Here I come! One week teaching, project work with the team, and week-ending. I hope that this terrible cold will end before the flight tomorrow - otherwise, my ears will hurt like...
The project concerns genetic variability etc in Hypogymnia physodes (and H. tubulosa). I hope that we will succeed in finishing the analyses and write up the paper asap. But I must not and cannot forget the NFR deadline June 6. And, a couple of days ago, the Cliostomum article was submitted!
I am in bed, trying to rest, trying to recover. At 1900 the board (?) of the "Norsk-Svensk förening i Bergen" will meet here, and I am so tired. (And lonely, because H is away, at a meeting in Sandefjord. And he won't come home in time to see me before I leave for Sweden...)
The project concerns genetic variability etc in Hypogymnia physodes (and H. tubulosa). I hope that we will succeed in finishing the analyses and write up the paper asap. But I must not and cannot forget the NFR deadline June 6. And, a couple of days ago, the Cliostomum article was submitted!
I am in bed, trying to rest, trying to recover. At 1900 the board (?) of the "Norsk-Svensk förening i Bergen" will meet here, and I am so tired. (And lonely, because H is away, at a meeting in Sandefjord. And he won't come home in time to see me before I leave for Sweden...)
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Økologisk krise på kysten
Ti uker etter «Server»-forliset var mange bukter og viker fremdeles svarte av oljesøl i Øygarden. Ryddegjenger har ikke kunnet gjøre helt rent. Vil naturen klare å ta hånd om resten selv?
I wrote a so-called kronikk and submitted it to Bergens Tidende. It seems that they do not want to print it. I have to consider to send it elsewhere. Perhaps it will fit here in the "Biodiversity..." blog?!
I wrote a so-called kronikk and submitted it to Bergens Tidende. It seems that they do not want to print it. I have to consider to send it elsewhere. Perhaps it will fit here in the "Biodiversity..." blog?!
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Post-travel
I traveled to Sweden to meet one of my very best friends. We had a delightful long week-end, wonderful. It's good to be back, to be home, though. The sun is shining. But... all my worries, and writing that has to be done, and thinking, and etc... Well, I am tired now. And I must buy some food for tonight. And...
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Heia BRANN
Kära Bengt Sæternes,
jag hade slutat tro på dig, och jag ber om förlåtelse! Jag var en stor fan, länge, men din måltorka... ja ja ja... Så sent som imorse trackade jag dig för att du sa att du "prioriterar familjen" i en intervju. Men just precis nu, efter fyra (4) FYRA snygga mål mot Vålerenga, vill jag säga: Förlåt mig!
Kram,
Louise
jag hade slutat tro på dig, och jag ber om förlåtelse! Jag var en stor fan, länge, men din måltorka... ja ja ja... Så sent som imorse trackade jag dig för att du sa att du "prioriterar familjen" i en intervju. Men just precis nu, efter fyra (4) FYRA snygga mål mot Vålerenga, vill jag säga: Förlåt mig!
Kram,
Louise
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Himmel over Bergen
The view from our balkony yesterday. It looked more dramatic irl, though.
The black silhouette is one of the "seven mountains" (syv fjell) that surrounds Bergen, called Løvstakken. This part, more specifically, is called Gullstølen.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Books
Today, I gave a couple of books to the book shop called Norli here in Bergen. The World Book Day will be on April, 23, and they will sell books for charity.
Here are some other book recommendations from the last week:
John Sutherland: How to Read a Novel. A User's Guide. Profile Books, Great Britain.
Melanie Falick: Weekend knitting. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York.
Mike Tidewell: In the Mountains of Heaven.
Kurt Vonnegut: a man without a country. Bloomsbury.
... and last but not least: Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-five.
I started to note all books I read in a book in early 2004, and it is good, really.
Here are some other book recommendations from the last week:
John Sutherland: How to Read a Novel. A User's Guide. Profile Books, Great Britain.
Melanie Falick: Weekend knitting. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York.
Mike Tidewell: In the Mountains of Heaven.
Kurt Vonnegut: a man without a country. Bloomsbury.
... and last but not least: Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-five.
I started to note all books I read in a book in early 2004, and it is good, really.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Vonnegut
Listen, the bird left his cage.
Wiki:
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) (pronounced [ˈvɑ.nə.gət]) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973).
Vonnegut reportedly smoked Pall Mall cigarettes, unfiltered, which he claimed is a "classy way to commit suicide."
I see that in Sweden, the label cynical is sometimes put on him. He was not.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1353&a=638267
...last sentence of "Slaughterhouse 5", the bird asks "Poo-tee-weet?"
Wiki:
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) (pronounced [ˈvɑ.nə.gət]) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973).
Vonnegut reportedly smoked Pall Mall cigarettes, unfiltered, which he claimed is a "classy way to commit suicide."
I see that in Sweden, the label cynical is sometimes put on him. He was not.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1353&a=638267
...last sentence of "Slaughterhouse 5", the bird asks "Poo-tee-weet?"
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Miljø 2015
"Everybody" is talking about the latest announcement of the Norwegian Research Council, and working on their applications. Deadline April, 18. Yes, I will participate as a partner in one of them.
...and don't forget:
Deadline for bids to Malmö Frimärkehandel's auction is next Thursday, at 1800!
...and don't forget:
Deadline for bids to Malmö Frimärkehandel's auction is next Thursday, at 1800!
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
From my msn group (Lavgruppen)
I wrote this last year:
"Den 20 och 21 mars i år var jag i Lund och höll två föredrag på universitetet. Den 20 fick jag skjuts av pappa, och han hämtade mig också på Ekologihuset när jag var klar. Den 21, på tisdagen, lånade jag bilen, och körde själv in till sta'n. När jag var klar med föredrag och besök på Botaniska museet någon gång på eftermiddagen, passade jag på att köra in på den gatan jag och mitt ex bodde på de sista åren vi bodde i Lund (ca 1991-1997?). Den var inte enkelriktad längre, men jag körde ändå så som man skulle köra då, på den tiden. Och så parkerade jag bilen och gick en runda och såg upp på balkongen och vardagsrumsfönstret, lägenheten ligger på 3e våningen. Mycket var sig likt, och en del var olikt runt husen. Jag kollade in cykelstället där jag ställde cykeln varje dag när jag kom hem, det var sig likt. Det såg fint ut. Vad var det jag sökte? En känsla, av vemod kanske. Eller nostalgi. Men det hände ingenting inuti mig - jag kände ingenting. Snopet. Men efteråt, när jag satte mig i bilen och körde hem, tyckte jag nog att det var bra. Jag är färdig. Jag är en annan nu. Efter allt som hände åren 1998-2002 har jag blivit bättre på att gå vidare med livet. Jag kan koncentrera mig på det som händer just nu, och vem jag är nu. Det är inte så pjåkigt, va!"
OBS! "Efter allt som hände åren 1998-2002 har jag blivit bättre på att gå vidare med livet." Det betyder ju inte att jag alltid klarar det!
"Den 20 och 21 mars i år var jag i Lund och höll två föredrag på universitetet. Den 20 fick jag skjuts av pappa, och han hämtade mig också på Ekologihuset när jag var klar. Den 21, på tisdagen, lånade jag bilen, och körde själv in till sta'n. När jag var klar med föredrag och besök på Botaniska museet någon gång på eftermiddagen, passade jag på att köra in på den gatan jag och mitt ex bodde på de sista åren vi bodde i Lund (ca 1991-1997?). Den var inte enkelriktad längre, men jag körde ändå så som man skulle köra då, på den tiden. Och så parkerade jag bilen och gick en runda och såg upp på balkongen och vardagsrumsfönstret, lägenheten ligger på 3e våningen. Mycket var sig likt, och en del var olikt runt husen. Jag kollade in cykelstället där jag ställde cykeln varje dag när jag kom hem, det var sig likt. Det såg fint ut. Vad var det jag sökte? En känsla, av vemod kanske. Eller nostalgi. Men det hände ingenting inuti mig - jag kände ingenting. Snopet. Men efteråt, när jag satte mig i bilen och körde hem, tyckte jag nog att det var bra. Jag är färdig. Jag är en annan nu. Efter allt som hände åren 1998-2002 har jag blivit bättre på att gå vidare med livet. Jag kan koncentrera mig på det som händer just nu, och vem jag är nu. Det är inte så pjåkigt, va!"
OBS! "Efter allt som hände åren 1998-2002 har jag blivit bättre på att gå vidare med livet." Det betyder ju inte att jag alltid klarar det!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Darrell Wright
Following message arrived from Bill Hill this morning.
"I am sad to announce that Darrell Wright, one of the founders of the California Lichen Society and its first Editor of the Bulletin, passed away at his home in Greytown, New Zealand in the afternoon of Saturday, March 24, 2007, after suffering a relapse of cancer which was thought to be in remission in January of this year. This news was conveyed to me by his wife Janet Collinson, whom he had met online when he was living in Arcata CA, and who has been his life companion ever since. Darrell grew up in San Anselmo in Marin County and for years, once he was excited by lichens, scoured the County on weekend lichen jaunts and had probably the most thorough collection and survey of Marin County lichens as anyone. Besides the excitement of discovery and study of lichens in his newfound home in New Zealand with Janet, he was in the process of writing a Lichen Flora of Marin County, a work which will have to be completed by others now. He was also fascinated by the genus Usnea, he had written a synoptic key in FoxPro for Bryoria, and was an advocate of "fingerprinting" lichen species by their chromatograms.
He was a dedicated and enthusiastic lichenologist, first in California, and later in larger circles. We will all miss him greatly."
I never met him, but I know him, because we described a new lichen species together. It was initially called The Mystery Lichen by the people in the Californian Lichen Society, who first discovered it. Darrell and me described it in 2004 and named it Xanthoria pollinarioides in the second volume of the Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. The name was suggested by him, and it fits the lichen perfectly, I think.
I will remember him as a very friendly person who cared for details. Here is something he wrote in one of the emails during that period:
“Xanthoria parietina is certainly weedy here in NZ. I suppose if it was not reported by the early explorers that that would argue for its having been introduced since their time, although, if they do report it, that would not say much about its origin. It might then have been introduced by Captain Cook!”
"I am sad to announce that Darrell Wright, one of the founders of the California Lichen Society and its first Editor of the Bulletin, passed away at his home in Greytown, New Zealand in the afternoon of Saturday, March 24, 2007, after suffering a relapse of cancer which was thought to be in remission in January of this year. This news was conveyed to me by his wife Janet Collinson, whom he had met online when he was living in Arcata CA, and who has been his life companion ever since. Darrell grew up in San Anselmo in Marin County and for years, once he was excited by lichens, scoured the County on weekend lichen jaunts and had probably the most thorough collection and survey of Marin County lichens as anyone. Besides the excitement of discovery and study of lichens in his newfound home in New Zealand with Janet, he was in the process of writing a Lichen Flora of Marin County, a work which will have to be completed by others now. He was also fascinated by the genus Usnea, he had written a synoptic key in FoxPro for Bryoria, and was an advocate of "fingerprinting" lichen species by their chromatograms.
He was a dedicated and enthusiastic lichenologist, first in California, and later in larger circles. We will all miss him greatly."
I never met him, but I know him, because we described a new lichen species together. It was initially called The Mystery Lichen by the people in the Californian Lichen Society, who first discovered it. Darrell and me described it in 2004 and named it Xanthoria pollinarioides in the second volume of the Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. The name was suggested by him, and it fits the lichen perfectly, I think.
I will remember him as a very friendly person who cared for details. Here is something he wrote in one of the emails during that period:
“Xanthoria parietina is certainly weedy here in NZ. I suppose if it was not reported by the early explorers that that would argue for its having been introduced since their time, although, if they do report it, that would not say much about its origin. It might then have been introduced by Captain Cook!”
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Wilmer
The Scanian (Malmoe) rock band Wilmer X started in 1978, and was originally called Wilmer Pitt. The name was changed in 1980, when the slightly disturbing word Pitt was replaced with a more versatile X. I would say that the peak of the band's career was in the eighties. Some of my favorite songs are: Vild, Vem är den flickan, Säj din mamma & din pappa, Kör dej död, Om en hund mådde såhär, and so on.
The band has connections with legendary Scanian music profiles, Torsson and Peps. Nowadays, I guess that their history is over. And, presumably, noone in Norway has ever heard about Nisse, Jalle and the other boys in Wilmer...
The band has connections with legendary Scanian music profiles, Torsson and Peps. Nowadays, I guess that their history is over. And, presumably, noone in Norway has ever heard about Nisse, Jalle and the other boys in Wilmer...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Assymetry and chaos
OK, so I'll go on with just this blog: "kaos och asymmetri", as it was commented.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A first
Yesterday, for the first time, I reviewed for a scientific journal with a journal impact factor above 4! I was relieved when I received (confidentially) the other two reviewers' comments today, and found that we all pretty much agreed! Wow!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Academic life
"Vad i detta kan du påverka till 100%?”
appr. "What about it can you influence a 100%?"
In this process of writing applications, reviews, papers and things:
I guess, that the only thing I really can influence is my own performance...
... and my performance, is, I guess, adequate and "good enough" from a coaching perspective.
appr. "What about it can you influence a 100%?"
In this process of writing applications, reviews, papers and things:
I guess, that the only thing I really can influence is my own performance...
... and my performance, is, I guess, adequate and "good enough" from a coaching perspective.
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