Self-Portrait of ohcaroline

This is a self-portrait of ohcaroline whom many of you already know.  As I watch the daily internet activities from my vantage point, I seem to be, in my eyes, the tortoise in an Indy Race.  I've wrangled over this introduction for about 5 days now and nothing comes to me as anything descriptive about my life that I haven't already expressed.  I am a telecommunications retiree with 32 years in the industry and glad to be retired from that scene.  I've worked a bevy of what I call post-retirement flunky jobs since that time with the exception of doing real estate which I enjoyed.

Once I was able to actually stop working, I spent a lot of time doing genealogy which landed me on the internet.  The rest is history, no really! History really did come alive to me there.  I was pretty good at internet research and enjoyed discovering family lines back through many, many generations. I was really enjoying working on the internet. 

I had wanted to do some writing as I grew older.  I checked out online writing schools; but I just couldn't see myself going that route.  So writing sat on the shelf for almost 10-12 years.  Then I stumbled onto the doorstep of Squidoo and it opened a new world to me.  It was a place where I could write to my heart's content and still do.  I found it a most comfortable place to write, to read, to socialize, and to meet wonderful people from all around the world. My writing desires had finally materialized.

Squidoo opened another world...Zazzle.  I really like to Zazzle.  This is such a wonderful internet venue for me.  I thought that one store would be all I would care to tackle...but one store gave way to more stores.  Now I am developing more specialty stores and having a great time doing it.  You'll probably see a few of those stores soon.  I'm learning to wear a new hat called internet marketing.

Once again the internet doors have opened up another adventure and a new learning curve to climb.  Wizzley threw out the welcome mat and I stepped in.  Here I am!  I'm looking forward to meeting old friends here as well as new friends.  The learning curves aren't as steep as ones I previously climbed.  I am still learning, never the less.