Reflections…
An interesting topic in that I spend a great deal of time reflecting on the nature of things… and often reflecting on the reflections in the pond! So perhaps this category is titled “Reflections” not...
View ArticleThis WordPress thing…
What a day… lots going on, and as a newbie WordPress user I feel like I’ve been drawn into a whirlpool of pluginmania. Hmmm… sounds like a good domain name for some able-bodied coder team, probably...
View ArticleUpgrade Tips for WordPress 2.1 “Ella”
Update – 2009: This is obviously an outdated post, but I’m leaving it here for archive purposes. I’m currently running WP 2.7, and with the fantastic new tools that WordPress includes in the...
View ArticleTechnosailor’s “10 Things You Should Know about WordPress 2.1”
Aaron from Technosailor wrote a nice summary of WordPress 2.1 “Ella” and the “10 Things You Should Know…” and I thought it was helpful. While working in the “weeds” during an upgrade/install,...
View ArticleFixing Stuff and Heading Outside
One of the neat things about sharing thoughts and pictures with a blog is the ability to reach so many people. The internet still amazes me, and through writing on a blog we can appeal to a diverse...
View ArticleUsing MS Word to Write Blog Posts
I’m trying a new experiment today, using the “blog post” function inherent to MS Word 7.0. This is not the same thing as “copying” and “pasting” from Word- it’s a new capability, and doesn’t insert a...
View ArticleBig and Tiny Bubbles
Isn’t it strange how when it’s warm outside there’s a bunch of fun things to do that we haven’t thought of for a while!? Among other things, I’m working on upgrading the ‘ole Journal this week… a...
View ArticleA Boy’s Life and Dad’s Memories
We were up playing on a swing set the other afternoon, and watched the yellow lab nosing around – we quickly realized that our little persimmon tree already had ripening fruit this year. In the past...
View ArticleSeasons Bring Change
Autumn changes are happening even faster now. The beauty of the landscape always amazes me… I love watching the seasons change as a physical reminder of how we too change and grow. Across the decades...
View ArticleMarch of the Seasons and Halloween Fun
The days come and go… I seem to remember one of my grandmothers, while visiting her in a nursing home more than a decade ago. She kept repeating, “Time and tide waits for no man…” And she would...
View ArticleThose Who Have and Are Serving Still
“Oh, what a glorious morning is this!” Samuel Adams to John Hancock, April 19th, 1775 – On hearing gunfire at Lexington Samuel Adams and John Hancock were en route to Philadelphia as delegates to the...
View ArticleA Happy Dog…
I am just a happy dog. I get to play outside, and swim and roll in the grass… life is great!
View ArticleFirst Snowfall for Chickens
“Uh, well you go first, okay?”… “Me?! Why me? I don’t know what that stuff is either!”
View ArticlePerspectives in Shadow and Light
Perhaps we’ve turned that corner… passing the shortest day of the year. Maybe in other ways too? I had a comment recently from someone enjoying one of my older photos that prompted a little...
View ArticleReflections…
An interesting topic in that I spend a great deal of time reflecting on the nature of things… and often reflecting on the reflections in the pond! So perhaps this category is titled “Reflections” not...
View ArticleThis WordPress thing…
What a day… lots going on, and as a newbie WordPress user I feel like I’ve been drawn into a whirlpool of pluginmania. Hmmm… sounds like a good domain name for some able-bodied coder team, probably...
View ArticleUpgrade Tips for WordPress 2.1 “Ella”
Update – 2009: This is obviously an outdated post, but I’m leaving it here for archive purposes. I’m currently running WP 2.7, and with the fantastic new tools that WordPress includes in the...
View ArticleTechnosailor’s “10 Things You Should Know about WordPress 2.1”
Updating an old post! If you are new to WordPress, please see the WordPress Homepage. Over one-quarter of the published webspace uses WordPress for everything from hobby / journal sites such as this,...
View ArticleFixing Stuff and Heading Outside
One of the neat things about sharing thoughts and pictures with a blog is the ability to reach so many people. The internet still amazes me, and through writing on a blog we can appeal to a diverse...
View ArticleUsing MS Word to Write Blog Posts
I’m trying a new experiment today, using the “blog post” function inherent to MS Word 7.0. This is not the same thing as “copying” and “pasting” from Word- it’s a new capability, and doesn’t insert a...
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