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Conference Reflections

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Before I go on to blog about my other adventures, I wanted to blog a bit about my conference experience in Durban. I know I already have an entry, saying a little bit about it, but there's so much more that I learned from that conference. Some of it is expressed in one of my blog entries on my "Be A Voice" blog which you can access here . While sometimes I dislike conferences because it's usually daunting to go by myself (and I'm often attending conferences by myself), I am always glad I went to most of them. Well, I couldn't have been more glad to have gone to this one. Life is always interesting in that the path of least resistance isn't always the most rewarding or the most inspiring or the most educational. The conference itself was just inspiring. I was moved to remember that there was a reason I quit my job as a school psychologist to move on to Social Welfare - something I wouldn't have discovered if it weren't for my friend Cha who listened...

Blogging from Durban, South Africa

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I am logging in and blogging from Durban, South Africa, where the weather has been absolutely gorgeous! Not hot or cold, but just right! I feel like Goldilocks saying that. Anyway, I have been here since Saturday, July 19th, and am at a conference. Needless to say, conferences don't allow one to see much of the city unless you play hooky. I didn't for the most part, and probably won't, because there's too much interesting stuff. I'm only playing hooky right now because I haven't found a session going for an hour and a half that catches my eye. I don't know if it's just me but time seems to pass slower here in Durban as opposed to New York. Do you suppose we in New York ought to learn how to slow down the clock a bit like here? Anyway, the conference has been very good, and now that my presentation is over, I can breathe and enjoy it more. :) We have a beach party on our schedule tonight so that ought to be a treat. Just to share some pictures, here is o...