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“It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” \u2013 Rumi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hey Everyone! My nama is Lisa. Somehow, I have lived in Tallahassee for the last 15 years; I still don\u2019t know how that happened. Currently, I am a PhD Candidate in the Religion Dept at FSU<\/a> with an expected graduation date of Spring 2026. (If I suddenly disappear from this course in a couple of weeks, my suspicions that a doctoral defense will kill me were confirmed.) I am slightly amused that I just mentioned one of the banished words <\/a>for this course by answering the question of what I am studying. I work as the Undergraduate Academic Program Specialist in FSU\u2019s Math Dept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grew up on 500 acres in mid-Michigan <\/a>and earned my BA in history and French from UM-Flint. I paid for my undergrad degree by milking cows. I moved to Tampa in 2002, earned my MLIS at USF, and was a GA for the department. I spent a couple of years in both Gainesville and Overland Park, KS where I worked as a school library media specialist before I in landed here in Tally. It was supposed to be \u201ctemporary\u201d move. (For those not \u201cin the know,\u201d we are home to the world\u2019s strongest magnet,<\/a> and it keeps people from leaving and hurricanes from landing!) During this time, I also earned my MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary. Because, why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hobbies align with every other middle-aged lady blog post on the Internet: hiking, gardening, reading, cooking. Last summer my husband and I combined our passion for walking and our preference for \u201cunder tourism\u201d to complete the Wicklow Way. It was a success as we saw thousands of sheep and only one other American!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelly Diary IV (1864-1885), July 12, 1878. Special Collections, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Something that interests me about this class is that when I took its ancestral equivalent in one of my past lives and at that time it was mostly about PowerPoint. That leads me to why I am here this semester. What I hope to gain from this course to lose some of my obsolesce and antiquarian ways. I just spent the last 3 years reading the diaries of 19th <\/sup>century priests. Since I am not adjunct teaching for FSU this semester, I have some \u201cfree time\u201d with only a full-time job and a manuscript to edit. I am really looking forward to being creative and learning some new skills with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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