I am re-upping this piece because I reworked it a bit, sharpening the wall and adding some foreground details. Also, I never told the story of how I came to be standing there, and where was that? When? So, here you go. I was a bit faint when I stood here that Saturday on the … Continue reading “Pacific Crest Trail, Camp Lockett, View East”
I went out on that trail with the tablet I did this art on with the intent of going on that trail and doing art on the very same tablet. That counts as victory. I did this art on the trail. I did it on my new tablet. Boom. Back at Camp Lockett recuperating from … Continue reading “Purpose”
As I said on the post when I tried to turn comments back on but did not, er, sorry, I could not get enough oxygen under exertion again on this second essay of the Pacific Crest Trail. Extreme exertion, to be sure, but for this old frame, extreme exertion occurs at three thousand feet, in … Continue reading “Off The PCT”
OK. Now they are working. A quirk of WordPress is, evidently, when you start writing a post, that post has a hard-coded date stamp that has nothing to do with your settings. So the post where I announce that I’ve turned comments back on, does not allow comments because I changed that setting after I … Continue reading “Comment Testing”
Which means all sorts of Russian domain names will show up in comments as grifters try to get in their repulsive links to scams and rip-offs. That was why I turned them off. We put this time and effort into good, clean posts, and along come these guys who splatter diarrhea all over everything. I … Continue reading “Comments Back On, Anyone Can Post”
It does not look like I will have my contact form sorted out before I hit the trail. I am simply too busy with life to sit at a computer and debug stuff. I will look into seeing if I can get an admin to help me. I do not even know how to login … Continue reading “Contact”
Walking the PCT is a game. Games have rules of play. I have been pondering the type of video to make. Watching so many others on Youtube has helped clarify things I like and do not like. I like raw. I do not like contrived. Contrived,” like, one sets the camera down and films oneself … Continue reading “More Rules”
After looking into it, rather than comments for each post, I saw the simple thing was to provide a secure contact form for anyone who visits my site. Hosting a comment forum without an additional admin person is impossible for me at this time. I simply cannot monitor my site that frequently. But answering receiving … Continue reading “Contact Form”
First, I have learned that they do not behave as expected. Any comment you make gets dropped down a black hole. I wanted a human moderated blog. No bots! I had it set so that once you had your first comment approved, you could thereafter comment. But that appears to be broken. And finally, since … Continue reading “Turning Off Comments For The Moment”
I found a cat sitter. I hope to be on trail shortly after the bus arrives in Campo, CA, skipping Camp Lockett, stopping only to buy some fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat for the first night’s dinner out on the trail. There’s a great store there I will take a photo or two of.