Beginning Again

I started this blog in 2007...right...and only have 3 posts? Obviously, I wasn't ready to do more than test this technology tool.

But now...I am ready to put it to use. I need a forum to more critically explore what is happening to me in this professor life that I have chosen. A close friend told me recently that she noticed that I didn't seem happy while on campus...that I was gone alot...presenting at conferences, visiting family, working at Waite High School...and I seemed happier involved in these activities.

Certainly playing with the grandchildren is more fun than sitting in committees, so that's not a revelation; but I am intrigued by my friend's observation and am beginning a process of reflection and elaboration to better understand what is happening to me in these times of change and challenge at the university.

I may find that I don't belong here, after all. Returning to a life of teaching music might be a refreshing change. We'll see...as I blog it out!