Getting the hang of blogging
Hello everyone
At last I feel like a part of the blogging fraternity. I've made contact with The Older, Wiser Women website (thanks, Barbara) and the Elderwoman website (thank you, Marian).
It's wonderful to be in touch with like-minded souls across the globe. Quite mind-boggling (no pun intended) as I'm a pre Baby Boomer and the most we had in the way of communication when I was in my teens was speech, the phone and billet-doux (love letter for those who haven't dabbled in French).
If someone had told me I'd be conversing with people here and abroad on a machine like a typewriter but with pictures, I would've said "go take a cold shower" and stop watching sci-fi movies.
Anyway, dinner must be prepared - my significant other has been cooking lately so I'd better make the effort tonight. I'm cheating because I bought some marinated chicken drum sticks - all I have to do is throw them in a pan and boil some rice. Maybe make a salad for those antioxidants.
The university work (scriptwriting) is finished in preparation for tomorrow p.m. I'm a 65 year old Masters student who loves hanging out with youngies. Mind you, the hanging is limited - I don't get to go to their clubs, etc. Sadly, I've missed all that. Couldn't get to uni when younger and only took up further education in my later years. I did university entry exams at 30+ and during my fifties I got cracking again. Hope to finish my Masters next year. Anyone out there doing the same?
Raema and I are proud of our book - that was a major commitment - and now the goal is to finish my studies and get hooked up to the blogging world. I feel we can achieve a great deal by laughing together and sharing information and stories about our later lives.
Also, research shows conclusively that isolation is not good for one's health. Blogging is a very effective way of staying in touch with the zeitgeist generally and making contact with the older woman's tribes. www friendship is a great thing. I'm using the word "tribes" now, having seen Marion employ it on Elderwoman's blog. I think it's very apt - and we don't have to belong to just one tribe - we can belong to a few or several.
I trust all dear readers here will be patient with my blogging efforts. I'm new at this but learning all the time.
If you have a moment, please leave a blog. I get such a kick out of hearing from you.
Maybe tomorrow Lucy will post a comment. She has this uncanny knack of jumping out of the book with a mouth full of words - still Raema (co-author of Loris and Lucy's Later Life Guide and sister) and I humour her.
Stay well and happy,
Camille.
posted by Camille Cain @ 6:56 PM
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Welcome to Blogland, Camille! It is a wild and wonderful land of adventure, as you are already discovering. And we elderbloggers are a force to be reckoned with (sorry about the cliches - three already in the first para and to a journalist too, have I no shame?)
Take a look at the blogroll on Ronni Bennett's Time Goes By
site, if you haven't already, to see the amazing list of active elderbloggers. And there are more joining in every day. It's wonderful.
Yes, my academic trajectory was similar to yours. Returned to study after the kids were at school, got a BSW at forty and an MA at fifty-three. And enjoyed it SO much more than I would have if I had gone on straight from school, I am sure of that.
Great to make contact - and thanks for mentioning The Elderwoman Website
Blessings from Marian
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Well done camille for taking the dive into the 21st Century:) I hope your blogging gets out there around the globe and to the women who appreciate a good read. You've come along way on this steep technology path...
Jaz
Blogging is so much fun! I just started a blog for 35-55 year old female entrepreneurs and I am enjoying it so much. Computers really level the playing field between the total youngsters and us (I am 46) and it's a wonderful way not only to gain communion with each other but also to make sure the world benefits from our wisdom. Great stuff----thanks for an interesting and entertaining read. Keep writing and I will keep reading.
Together, we are stronger!
Vicki Flaugher, the original SmartWoman
Hi Vicki (Flaugher)
Wonderful to be having a chat with you.
Do let me know the name of your website and I'll go and have a look.
You know, I'm still here checking on Loris and Lucy's website and blogs when I really should be doing university work. Am writing a screenplay - set in time of the Cold War, just after WW2. A lot of research involved - thank goodness for the www.
Will post a new blog soon so watch out! Am still getting the handle of things but having fun with it.
Learning all the time.
Marian, if you're here on this website, hello to Elderwoman.
All the best,
Camille.
Camille: Per your request, my blogsite is
http://www.SmartWomanGuides.com
I would be honored to have you join our conversation. If you'd like a guest author slot, let me know and I will set you up. Otherwise, you can post and enjoy. Thanks!
Vicki
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