Learning Curve

Good Morning, World! I’m definitely on a learning curve with this WordPress stuff. It’s exciting to start learning and taking the first few tiny steps.

As you can see I’m experimenting with the header. The current header is based on this picture of Fort Sumter, which was kindly provided by Karen’s Whimsy Public Domain Images

Union monitors attacking Fort Sumter - April 1863

The Confederates rebuffed the Union navy during this battle. For a succinct overview of Fort Sumter history with more photos check out Charleston Real Estate

The flag flying over the fort isn’t the Confederate battle flag. It looks like it must be the Confederate 1st National Flag

I’m not sure if I’m going to keep this header, but I have visited Fort Sumter so I feel a connection to it. Also, I must say that this painting of Fort Sumter definitely promotes the gray part of the blue-gray theme.

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Welcome World!

When I was looking at tutorials for using WordPress, the default “Hello World!” page was very plain with just a blue background. It seemed so isolated, and of course, it is so isolated. A blog with no readers so far.

My first thought was the old question, “If a tree falls in the woods with no one to hear it, does it make a sound?” With billions of blogs in the blogosphere, will anyone read mine?

I also seem to remember hearing about lone Japanese soldiers living in caves on isolated Pacific islands still fighting the Second World War long after that war had ended. Were there old, lone Confederates still fighting the War against Yankee Aggression well after 1865?

The new theme is much warmer. It shows a person walking along a deserted country lane in beautiful autumn. Another old saying: “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”

I’m ready to put my message is in the bottle; I’m going to toss it into the sea. But first a toast – “Here’s to that first step!”

Welcome all!

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Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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