Love Life Word Work

Open your picture in Irfanview and resize it to at most 400 pixels wide, if it’s larger than that. If it’s smaller do not resize it.)
To do this

• click in the horizontal menu “Image” then “Resize/Resample”.
• Then in the dialog box that popped up make sure the “Set new size” button is selected.
• Also make sure the “Units” “pixels” button is selected.
• Then change the width to 400 pixels or less. I say this because often a larger picture will get the Wordpress page out of alignment.
• When you set the width you should see the height adjust itself in proportion. If it doesn’t
• Check the box below that says “Preserve aspect ratio”
• Hit “OK” You should see the picture shrink.
• Now go to “File” then “Save as”.
• Name your picture with a descriptive name like “autumnleaves400px”. That tells you what it is when you are looking for it and tells you it is 400 pixels wide. (You’ll thank me for this advice later.) Be sure to save it in a folder that you can find when looking for it later, like “My Pictures/picsforblog” or some such.

Now you are ready to log into Wordpress.

• Logged in, start a new post (or edit a pre-existing post or page) and decide where you want to place your pictures in the post. If you want text above the picture then type your text first.
• Look below the text box and click where it says “Upload”, then click “Browse”. That will give you a browse box to find the picture on your hard disc.
• Find the picture you save earlier, select it and click “OK”
• Then type a descriptive name for the picture in the “Title” area and a more descriptive phrase in the “description” area.
• Click “Upload” and wait.
• Now you should see a small version of your picture. If you don’t click “Browse” or “Browse All”.
• Where it says “Show” click “Full size”. If you want the Title you entered to show then click “Title” also.
• Where it says “Link” click “none”.
• Now click “Send to editor”.

Continue typing below the picture and go on till you want another picture, then repeat the process.

This is my good friend Wood Buddy. He likes to try new things.

On this particular day he is inspired by the Olympic Games. He wants to jump the Empire State Building.

Too bad, Wood Buddy. Try again another time.

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I was riding down to the country with my friend Eric. We talked about all kinds of things. Did our work. Told each other all kinds of things. Learned things about each other’s lives. All in a day’s incidental conversation. But there comes a time when a friend has to tell a friend something he does not know, has resisted learning, will never know unless his friend comes right out and bluntly, flatly tells him, “This is the way it is. Period.”
You see I had been having a little trouble with my cell phone since the Tracfone company changed over to a different provider, even sent me a new little phone. It’s purrrrty. And it seemed like it was going to be just great. I spoke to a kind and polite gentleman in India. He got all the details and fixed it and I said, “God bless you.” as I signed off. He even gave me some extra minutes for the trouble. Hey, what more could you want?
And the phone worked great. The coverage was equal or better. Only thing was after a few days I heard from a friend, “I can’t reach you on your cell. It says no such number.” Then another friend said the same but, “I can only reach you if I hit the “call back” button in my missed calls list.
Hmmmm. So then I thought, this phone is just no good any more. I’ll use up my minutes calling out and then toss it when they are used up.
What a plan. My phone is funny, so I’ll toss it.
Then yesterday as we drove through the mighty Fairview, TN, as Eric checked his own phone, I had the bright idea to ask Eric to test my phone from his.
Here’s the number 631-****. He dialed it. It didn’t ring, plus he got the same old message - no such number. So I had the even brighter idea to call his phone from mine. (Notice: I was pulled over while doing all this.)
I dialed his and asked him what number was showing on his. “336-****” says Eric.
So I go, “see what I’m up against? It doesn’t show my right number on your display. Try pushing the call back button.”
He did and my phone rang. “Why does my phone ring for the wrong number?”
“Because,” says Eric humbly, pointing to the 336 # on his readout, “that’s your number.”
What a concept.
That’s your number.
I’ll make a note of it.

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