Finally!

SO!  Had to tell you all...I have begun my doctorate program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA...in MYTHOLOGY!!  Is that not perfect??  I know - took me long enough:)  Anyway - gonna be a lot of work, but mythology is awesome!  It is the basis for all religion and goes into why we have religion in the first place.  Truly - this is bliss.  Well - with homework.

I can, of course, hear you all asking...what will you do with that?  I hope to do workshops on roles in life.  There is this veteran's program that I heard about, where the guys and gals coming back from Iraq and Afganistan go through a "Hero's Journey" and how healing it is.  One guy said it saved his life.  I want to find out more about that and then look into doing it with gay people or kids or whoever wants to!  And if that doesn't work out - there's always teaching.  Teaching mythology would be cool!

So the program is low-residency.  I have to be out there 3 days a month, which works out to 5 days b/c of travelling.  I have found airports and airplanes to be ok places to do homework.  Who knew?  Jules and Katie are very excited for me...Katie has a hard time gloating that she doesn't have to do homework, but I can give her some slack:)  Jules is more than patient at listening to me talk about myth...and read my papers.  She will certainly deserve a degree at the end of this as well!

My guess is that this blog will get less and less attention.  It's already on the slow side compared to when I started it.  It has served it's purpose though - truly been a therapeutic technique that I have enjoyed immensely.  Thank you all so much for listening...check back once in a while - maybe I'll have more news at Christmas!  There is a possibility happening in Provincetown (did I mention that Jules and I went there this summer??) so hopefully we will all stay connected.