Author: Ron Walker

Soggy Saturday, and Streaming (YouTube)

~ Ron Walker ~ 22 Comments

It seems we are getting a rain band, from the tropical disturbance that has made its way into MS. We have a tornado watch for the entire state of Alabama, today. I’m enjoying the slow sleepy rain and the cloud cover. If I can’t have Fall right now, at least I can enjoy slightly cooler temps.

Mad as a “Wet Hen”

I was just getting ready, but not quite set up yet to stream to You
Tube, when a girl came walking down the front drive dripping wet, in what was a moderate rain failing at that moment. She looked pretty angry. Probably a wife, or late teen that had just finished an argument with someone, and walked off. Here’s hoping she has a big towel once she calms down.

T-Rex

Grandson, who is nine, spent the night with us and he and I made some fun T-Rex cutouts. He gets a kick out of them, walking around the office watching the illusion of them following him with their head and eyes.

I watched this video on exactly how to fold them.

File with three different colored T-Rex trex.tar-1Download

Live-Steaming Experiment

I’m still trying my hand at live-streaming. I find it hard to just talk to myself, as if I’m talking to others. They say that is what you have to get used to, until you get some followers that happen across your stream and become semi, or regular watchers. It will be a fun experiment. After all, I blogged for about four years or so, until I found all of you on the WordPress community, through the WordPress Reader.

You never know what people are interested in. Myself, I find it entertaining to just drop in on YouTubers, that have someone talking about current events, and they answer questions posed in the chat box. Those can be interesting. I’m not into conspiracy streams, there is enough in life without all that. It takes all walks of life, to do streams. Some are instructional, some are just to keep others company I suppose.

I come across some, that are just gamers that stream the game play as they are playing. Many of them play for hours. There are actually people that frequent the streams, and chat. Maybe they just enjoy the friendship, and interaction. Some like watching aquariums, or squirrels from time to time. My squirrels, have vacated the area. I observed two a couple of days ago on the porch rail, but they never went to the food bowl.

Time to get back to browsing the Internet, listening to the police scanner. Perhaps something will come up here in the park, or within driving distance that I can make material of.

Comments always welcome.

Sunday in the South

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The highway out front is quiet. After all, it is a Sunday morning here in the Trailerhood. The man 3 doors down just started his truck. One of the few custom looking vehicles around here that actually has a nice sound. A very low, mellow sound. Nothing like the others with the window rattling noise they seem to enjoy.

The Sun, was a golden yellow this morning, as it rose high enough to be seen through the trees. I took this shot from the office window. Reflection from the blinds, didn’t do it any favors. It finally feels like Fall might be here. However, in these parts you really can’t depend on that.

Windows are open for cool fresh air, the coffee is brewing, Reboot is on the desk in her favorite spot. All is right with the world it seems. Time for me to kick back in the chair, sip some warm beverage, and soak in a glorious morning given to us. I hope your morning is as beautiful as this.
Comments, always welcome.

Stay safe, my friends. Stay well.

Dear Seniors, don’t give up on WordPress.

~ Ron Walker ~ 34 Comments

Someone once said, “Change, is inevitable”. I’m sorry change has come so late in our lives, but we can do this!

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.

– Tony Robbins –

There are many great bloggers saying they are ready to just quit, mostly due to the Gutenberg Editor. We older folks don’t take to change very well. We are tired, or we are retired and just want to enjoy simple blogging. Yes, many of us were the startups when WordPress came along, but the world turns, things grow, and growing takes money. So the platform has gone from simple typing, to basically WYSIWYG web page building. It can still be your blogging platform. You don’t have to use all the fancy do-dads (is that even a word anymore?). Find your basic tools to type, arrange and continue to share your world.

“It’s just blocks”

I know, many will say I’m over simplifying it. Look at it as just a square that you have to use now. You type what you want, you hit enter, you have a new block/square for your next paragraph. You can still do quotes, lists and all the things most basic bloggers need. I’ve composed this using one special block for the “quote” I clicked the plus sign, selected “quote” and pasted my text. Not much different from the old way of clicking the quote icon on the toolbar.

No one wants to lose blogging friends from simply giving up. I don’t blog as much as many others do, but I do love the friendship and meeting new people. If there is one thing WordPress has, that is still great for us seniors, it’s the ease of interaction with the community of other bloggers. I still get frustrated, but I refuse to just give up on something that is enjoyable, even if I blog infrequently.

Maybe, some of us are tired of blogging. If that’s the case, just say so. There is no shame in getting tired of something, at least you’ll be remembered as a great blogger that retired, not someone that was beaten by change. I’m 68, some of you are older or younger than I. Sometimes I stumble into a wall on the way out of the office, that doesn’t mean I am just going to sit in my chair and never venture into the other rooms. I may forget why I ventured to the other rooms, but I am going to try. Perhaps one day, I will need to wrap the door frame with bubble wrap.

Let’s pull together and support one another. If there is anything I can do to help explain something that I have learned, let me know. I for one, don’t wish to lose bloggers to a challenge. That said, it’s time for me to stumble down the hall for a cup of hot beverage. I do love a good adventure in the morning.

#Seniors of WordPress 🙂

Comments, always appreciated.

Going to get soggy around here. Hurricane Sally.

~ Ron Walker ~ 22 Comments

Sitting here, waiting to see how bad the winds might get. The rain is picking up a little, and a light breeze swaying the trees. It’s darker outside that the cameras show. But they are built for low light conditions as well, so they ramp up the exposure where they can.

Predictions of 39mph winds, which we’ve seen in thunderstorms around here, but there may be some shingles that go AWOL. I’m live streaming from here all day, so if it gets worse, or something really bad happens, we may have a record of it. I’m hoping the trees hold up, given their record of losing large branches lately, I’m a wee bit nervous about today.

Plenty of traffic outside for a big storm headed this way. Of course most of it can be attributed to our crazy county education system, thinking it would be safe to send kids to school today. Many other counties cancelled school for today.

Stay safe, if you’re in the path of this storm. I’ll be around.

PS: In 2020. Covid-19, Near War, Asteroids fly-by, Riots, Hurricane in Alabama.
“Who the hell, is playing Jumanji!” Please stop.