The Quilt of Life

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim The other day I pulled the Fall linens from their storage place to begin the seasonal preparation. Soon it will be time to replace the lightness of summer with the heavier textures of the new season. I smiled as I touched the soft quilts recalling seasons past [...]

Not in Polite Company

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim Politics and Religion are those taboo subjects that many try to avoid discussing in public or with casual acquaintances. However, with the US Election season in full swing, fervent discussions of both occur everywhere, and many wish we’d all just shut up. Mack Collier wrote a post [...]

Perception and Art

Written by Karen D. Swim The picture to the right is a Rorschach ink blot. I became quite familiar with Rorschach as a Psychobiology major in college. Rorschach ink blots (developed by Hermann Rorschach) are a projective psychometric test. The theory is that when you show the ink blots to patients, each individual will  project [...]

WordPress Stuck in HTML Edit Mode

Written by Karen D. Swim I have an update to my issues with the WordPress 2.6.1 fiasco and wanted to share the solution with you.  After reversing my attempted upgrade, my WP Admin dashboard still had issues.  Two of the most troubling were: Inability to edit publish date (I could save as draft or publish [...]

Word Press 2.6.1

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown Written by Karen D. Swim I spent the better part of the day in WordPress purgatory. As is typical with all things technical,there is no chicken exit. Once you start you are all in until the deed is done or you have broken something and need to call in an [...]