Little did I know I would still be blogging three years after my first effort -
now would I ever have imagined I would be writing from India! My 21 yearnursing position with the city and county of San Francisco had ended in
February of that year because of massive budget cuts to the Department
of Public Health. I was 64-years-old and not happy to be plunged into
forced retirement. Having specialized in forensic nursing for so long,
there really weren't nursing options open to me. To say I was pretty
depressed is a vast understatement. I had always enjoyed writing,,
especially poetry, so I concentrated my efforts in that direction. With
the help of a dear friend, Joanne Olivieri, aka Poetic Shutterbug, "Carmen's
Chronicles" was born. Subsequently, Joanne helped me launch my
first book of poetry, "Life's Journey" which is still available on Amazon.
The world of blogging opened up an amazing number of new friends for
me and I was surprised at the people who began following my blog - total
strangers from around the world, in addition, of course, to loyal friends,
colleagues and family. I found I enjoyed reading other blogs, as well. My
skills as a photographer improved vastly and I found it was fun shooting
other than genital injury and physical trauma! When I decided to use my
last frequent flyer miles to visit Royal Caribbean crew friends in India this
past year, I also took the opportunity to meet blogging friends from this
incredible country.
So how long will I continue blogging? Well, who knows? Probably as long
as people are interested in reading what I have to say. What was the content
of my first blog? Well, it was about travel, of course. See the link below if
you'd like to check it out!
http://rnsane.blogspot.in/2009/09/birthday-scenes-from-last-years-trip-to.html#links
