What are secrets anyway?

It is not unusual for me to plunge into a new pool (i.e. adventure) without really checking out the water. So as a newbie to blogging I confess my first post might have been excessly boring to anyone who may have ventured to read it. I have begun to explore a wide range of blogs, technorati.com, and now realize it is important as always to be clear about who as the author I hope will read my posts. My secrets and stories from the trenches of providing student support in higher ed are aimed at those possible readers who view higher ed as a total mystery. I am writing to those who feel excluded or out of place even if they are part of higher ed. I am not writing for professors of sociology or education who are part of the insiders already. Though in checking out some of their blogs I find interesting info. I guess the secret for tonight is that as bloggers we don't select our readers. I believe it was Garrison Keiller who said he could only broadcast on radio by imagining in detail one listener who was the only one hearing him and trying to hold her interest. So I will secretly imagine my one reader and hope to hold her/ your interests. Secrets it seems to me only exist until someone is bold enough to shout the truth. My adventure in trying to tell what I believe are the secrets of higher ed. (to some who feel excluded) begins as I plunge into the pool.