Marie, aka Worried, Speaks.

In the summer of 2005 one of my numerous cousins gave me an old, refurbished Compaq computer. He brought it to me at a Family Reunion. I was so ignorant of the usage of computers that he had to show me the button to turn it on! My daughter Jo opened an internet account for me and gave me a few basic instructions. After that I was on my own to explore through trial and error.

We will not go into the errors I made; they were legion. Frantic phone calls to family and friends ensued each time I made a mess of things. Each time, I learned: Do NOT do THAT again! Discovering the wide, wonderful world of knowledge available on the computer, I leapt joyfully into the internet universe and researched interesting topics, clicked on to links and adverts. It was so much faster than using encyclopedias and usually more up to date (although I find that some subjects are more complete in encyclopedias).

Ofcourse I promptly got into trouble. Being so ignorant of the scams and jerks in the internet universe, I got burned and burned badly. Once safe again, I became paranoid about my privacy and personal information. Also, I had personal reasons for keeping certain identifying data private.

In time I discovered the blog world and found something new to explore. Some blogs stood this old lady's hair on end but I found many good ones too. One was Rocrebelgranny, whom you all know as Granny Ann. I had started a blog of my own, Is America Burning, and invited Granny to join me. She did and as the saying goes, the rest is history. I think we have made a good team. She and I have much in common, including many similar life experiences. We two old Grannies have been through Life's Wars, and in so many instances "been there, done that".

Granny's Rocrebelgranny is a delightful chronicle of her life and the adventures of rearing three great grand daughters. It allows her readers to get to know her and become internet friends; many of them she has since met in person. Over the past year readers and my little group of emailing lurkers have asked to get to know me better. Granny and I mentioned my reticence in posts, but eventually I did tell a little about myself and family now and then.

Often I have wanted to know some of our readers better, to put faces and personalities behind the blog names. A few have shared bits of their lives through their blogs and emails and I have become quite fond of them. I have come to understand why some people were curious about me. Perhaps they want to know the person, not just the name signing a blog.

Therefore, I have decided to open a personal blog to public view. I emptied an old blog, renamed it and will get it ready for viewing. Some posts will be transferred from other personal blogs; some will be new additions; some will be transfers from this blog that some of you have already read. At first it will be a hodge-podge, not as organized and in chronological order as Granny's, and even after it is up and running may still be a hodge-podge. Granny and I have different writing styles. She keeps a running, day to day diary of activities and events. I tend to leap around like a flea on a hot griddle.

For any who have been curious about me as a person, the "new" blog will be opened soon. I will post about it and its url here. Thank you for your interest.