<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14160505</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:08:19.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Starting at 50</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14160505/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>jannie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01417582736760209314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14160505.post-112041199628529676</id><published>2005-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-03T10:33:16.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Not day One</title><content type='html'>About a year ago, I started a Masters program in Occupational Therapy. I was 49 then, and had spent the previous 25 years as a teacher. A lightning bolt hit me with the inspiration to start a new work life from scratch--I had a hankering to be a beginner, as well as to do work that I thought would do more direct good. So here I am on the 3rd of July, 2005, 50 years old, working on homework for my classes instead of planning for retirement. Good idea? We shall see.......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14160505-112041199628529676?l=startingat50.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/feeds/112041199628529676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14160505&amp;postID=112041199628529676' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14160505/posts/default/112041199628529676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14160505/posts/default/112041199628529676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/2005/07/not-day-one.html' title='Not day One'/><author><name>jannie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01417582736760209314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14160505.post-112041292915522686</id><published>2005-07-03T01:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-03T10:48:49.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/942/1273/1600/greg%20closeup%209.02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/942/1273/200/greg%20closeup%209.02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just an aside: This is (was) Gregor, my best bud and fuzzbucket, a Scottish Terrier, who passed away about a month ago. He was a good soul. I miss him lots.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14160505-112041292915522686?l=startingat50.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/feeds/112041292915522686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14160505&amp;postID=112041292915522686' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14160505/posts/default/112041292915522686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14160505/posts/default/112041292915522686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingat50.blogspot.com/2005/07/just-aside-this-is-was-gregor-my-best.html' title=''/><author><name>jannie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01417582736760209314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
