I installed Tiger right before leaving for NECC so haven’t really had a chance to play with it. Stopped by the Apple booth for a quick primer and only got as far as the Spotlight (the blue icon in the upper right hand corner) and the Dashboard. Right now, I’m using the WordPress [...]

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We camped at Loft Mountain at milepost 79 along the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park this past weekend. We have not been for a long time…we camped there the first night of our Lewis and Clark trip but that was 1997 or so. The campsites were nice and secluded although it was [...]

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After a day of working and packing to go camping, we ran out to Ivy Run for a few hours at sunset. We were well rewarded: Bob caught three beautiful bass right in a row and the bull frogs entertained us the whole time with their long low chorus. There were more than [...]

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Summer has arrived in Tidewater so we left home early this morning and were working on the boat by 8 AM. That way, when the sun was overhead at noon and there wasn’t any shade left on either side of the boat, we could go home. We weren’t the first people there. [...]

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I really liked the horizontal link bar used in Coffee Cup so I fiddled around to add it to my theme. Thanks for the easy to read code. I haven’t had any formal training in stylesheets and templates so I am learning as I go. It’s a little bit of a thrill [...]

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Saturday morning, tucked in bed with a cup of coffee, my laptop, and BookTV. They are at the Book Expo in New York City. The show is co-hosted by The American Booksellers Association and their leader just mentioned this campaign against the Patriot Act: Campaign For Reader Privacy

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Well, I didn’t resist the urge and spent the afternoon making my own theme. Certainly very simple, not available for distribution. I basically started with WordPress classic but also used Moshu’s Dark Maple code for the masthead. It’s my own picture, taken June 20, 2004, on the Glacier Express between St. Moritz [...]

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This time of year, if it isn’t raining, we are either gardening or spending time at our property in Charles City County, Virginia. (Note: Their website is down until June 6.) It is just beautiful out there, and we love to garden, kayak, or just sit and watch. However, today [...]

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