The
month of June was a mess. Our sister mag,
Yellow Mama, was 12 days late due to issues at our Web hosting place, Lycos
Tripod. Now we’re back up and running, but the whole thing got me thinking
about what we would do if it ever totally crashed. Cindy Rosmus, over at YM was
very patient, but I decided to look into an alternative Web hosting service.
So now I am in the process
of learning to do
websites “the hard way.” I have always built all our stuff on proprietary
software right on the hosting service’s servers, but now I’m learning Wordpress
and, being 81 years old, it’s a challenge, so much so that I went to my local
Borders and bought Wordpress for Dummies. Say what ya want, I learn
better from books than by watching tutorials and demos on the computer. I guess
I just need to back up and go over things too many times. And I like to mark
the hell outta textbooks with highlighters and stuff. So, one of these days,
you’ll most likely get a surprise when we go to our new domain. For now, Tripod
is back and running marginally well, so we’ll soldier on.
This issue, I want you to
pay special attention
to a newbie (for us.) Michaele Jordan has sent us a story called “Taking Care,”
and it is hard-core Sci-Fi, something we see too little of here at BP, so be sure
to give that one a read. Everything we take is good stuff and we consider most
of it superior, then once in a while I get a story that rings my bells. This is
one of those. Welcome to Black Petals, Michaele, and don’t be a stranger…
I also thought Hillary Lyon
did an outstanding
job of illustrating that piece. Give it a look and see if you agree…
July
15th, 2025
