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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Being a newby at my age feels weird but OK.

It is as if I am a world traveler sitting at my keyboard, as I "visit" new web communities. And it is often that I feel I do not know the language they speak. I am a newbie at Posterous, at FaceBook, and at Twitter. And just like a kid going to Junior High for the first time, I am trying to watch others in order to learn the rules. It would be far too easy just to Google to find out the norms and rules. I resemble my husband who is reluctant to stop at a gas station to ask for directions. So I am content to tip my toe in the water before venturing out too far, observing others for clues.

My travels in blogworld began in 2005 when I began the blogs South By Southwest and Making Good Mondays. eventually picking up some regular commentors, to whom I replied. The extent of my socializing online was confined to reading and commenting at my "favorite's" blog sites. After a while I was invited to write at a number of group blogs: The Reaction, TPM Cafe, The Sirens Chronicles, and RegGage. A few months ago people started sending me links of interest, which I now post at Behind the Links.

Each of these virtual "communities" has turned out to be remarkably different. One might be warm and supportive, one all-business/all-news with minimal interaction, one edgy and posting good rants, one with growing pains - but very friendly. I write the same for all of them, but the comments are different. I am rarely interacting on Twitter, because I still feel like a newby, but that will change because a number of bloggers I know are now among those I follow. Facebook is set to "private" for friends, family and a few bloggers I know well.

A sense of belonging has developed over time. What is "my age?" I am 72 and not shy about that fact of my life. I am a cancer survivor which tends to make one just go out there and do it anyway. After all . . .

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References on Spirituality -- Favorites from my old collection

  • "A Return To Love: Reflections On the Principles Of a Course In Miracles" by Marianne Williamson. Harper Collins, 1992
  • "A World Waiting To Be Born: Civility Rediscovered" by M. Scott Peck. Simon and Schuster, 1993
  • "Chicken Soup For the Unsinkable Soul" by Canfield, Hansen and McNamara. Health Communications, 1999
  • "Compassion in Action: Setting Out On the Path of Service" by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush. Bell Tower Pub., 1992
  • "Creative Visualization" by Shakti Gawain. MIF Books, 1978
  • "Finding Values That Work: The Search For Fulfillment" by Brian O'Connell. Walker & Co., 1978
  • "Fire in the Soul" by Joan Borysenko. Warner Books, 1993
  • "Further Along the Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck. Simon and Schuster, 1993
  • "Guilt Is the Teacher, Love Is the Lesson" by Joan Borysenko. Warner Books, 1990
  • "Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways To Regain Peace and Nourish the Soul" by Elaine St. James. Hyperion, 1995
  • "Insearch:Psychology and Religion" by James Hillman. Spring Pub. 1994
  • "Man's Search For Himself" by Rollo May. Signet Books, 1953
  • "Mythologies" by William Butler Yeats. Macmillan, 1959
  • "Myths, Dreams and Religion" by Joseph Campbell. Spring Pub. 1988
  • "Passion for Life: Psychology and the Human Spirit" by John and Muriel James. Penguin Books, 1991
  • "Peace Is Every Step" by Thich Nhat Hahn. Bantam Books , 1991
  • "The Heroine's Journey" by Mureen Murdock. Random House, 1990
  • "The Hope For Healing Human Evil" by M. Scott Peck. Simon and Schuster, 1983
  • "The House of Belonging" poems by David Whyte. Many Rivers Press, 2004
  • "The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth" by M.Scott Peck. Simon and Schuster, 1978
  • "The Soul's Code: In Search Of Character and Calling" by James Hillman. Random House, 1996
  • "The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought" by Jaroslav Pelikan. Little, Brown & Co., 1990
  • "Unconditional Life" by Deepak Chopra. Bantam Books, 1992
  • "Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation" by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Hyperion, 1994
  • "Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice" by Thich Nhat Hahn. Doubleday Dell Pub. Group, 1974

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A retired counselor, I am equal parts Techie and Artist. I am a Democrat who came to the Southwest to attend college. I married, had kids and have lived here all my adult life.