[Rex Barker]

Hello Joanne, apologies for this very late reply, and I am in sympathy with your situation as another who has been to busy living life to spend years studying it. I have planned to give a talk on the impact of social enculturation on individuals sense of reality because I am frequently frustrated by academics writing about an issue they clearly have limited, if any, experience of. Their research and dissertations are complex and mired in language that seems intended to impress without clarifying issues. It seems I am a mere storyteller, and claim no gifts other than my willingness to listen to that so quiet voice that occasionally nudges me in the right direction. The benefits arise from the people that such actions bring me into contact with, and the events it inspires. Namaste, Rex