Updates

I made it through my second year of university!! My first year was an all-in-one program with the same schedule four days a week, same assignments every two weeks. Switching to a more typical university schedule was a bit of a challenge, but thanks to my trusty planning book, I mapped out all classes and

Before the COVID 19 era, I had the surprise and pleasure of being offered a few freelance writing jobs for pay. Long before this, in high school while taking a Journalism class, I spent three months writing a column of local news for the small village I lived in. I can’t even call it a

Just a very quick update. A few months ago, I was interviewed for the Now or Never radio show at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. I had pitched to write an article (about my having started a Bachelor’s degree at age 55) elsewhere on the CBC website, and was redirected to the radio show. The process

Last September 6, I rode the public transport bus to my first day of university classes. I triple-checked the bus schedule and campus map, to make sure I would arrive in the right classroom in plenty of time before the first lecture began. After I found the big pink lecture hall, a tiered space with

‘Tis true; last September, at age 55, I began my first year of university studies! I had previously alluded to it as a “project,” and what a project it turned out to be. At the encouragement of a friend, on August 1 of last year, I began the application process.  With the student financial aid