I started this blog several years ago as I began studies towards a Master's Degree,at the age of 50 and after 25 years away from academic study. It was to be a receptacle of ideas and a space to reflect on what I was learning. It was of mixed and intermittent success but all in all worthwhile. I have at many different times in my life started a journal only to wander away without returning. I have upteen dozen half-filled journals floating around the house and several forgotten and neglected journal docs on my computer hard-drive.
But something inspired me to return to this blog today. I still feel the need to reflect and record things that move me, concern me, intrigue me. The fact that this is public venue versus a private journal hidden on a dusty shelf of a private bookcase does not concern me. It is unlikely that many or any will stumble upon this. And if they do, it is even more unlikely anyone will take the time to read. But it they do - if you do- feel free to take away what you will and leave what you can. One thing that does increasingly inspire me is the openness of discourse in a connected digital world. More on that another day.
I did complete the Masters degree. On my 52nd birthday, November 14, 2012, I was awarded a Master of Arts - Integrated Studies, in Adult Education and Cultural Studies. It was a wonderful experience to research and write and dialogue with other, mostly "mature" students, like myself.
