The Tech Savvy Admin
quiet morning rain
the tranquility of clouds
this day beginning
It’s a rainy morning in greater Seattle, which I have a certain fondness for. Memories of dark, calm coffee shops with a book, or a new magazine, and time. It sometimes didn’t feel as beautiful as I can now see. Time brings wisdom, I guess.
shortly after dusk
the trees embracing silence:
birdsong before dawn
flowing over stars
moonlight's gentle grace flows down
caressing my eyes
Though I’ve been writing lately, I’ve been having issues with uploading images in WordPress (I do post to Bluesky and Instagram a fair amount, too). Well, using anything other than the browser. I tried both with my iPad and my Pixel: nope. Sigh…these issues do make me want to explore a WordPress alternative. There are so many options nowadays: Wix, Squarespace, Substack…the list is impressive. For me, these options are all proprietary. As one of my core principles is that I don’t want to hand over that kind of control to a company. I can lose access to my content for any of a number of reasons, from financial to company governance. It’s the same methodology for why I won’t just go solely on a social media platform. In a similar vein, I deeply value using open source tools. WordPress is one, and Joomla is another. I could port everything over to a hand-coded static site as well. The ultimate in freedom, really. That would most likely mean that posting remotely would be impossible. So, here we go.
So, that’s where I am. Are you using WordPress? Or some other tool? And what sort of tools are you using to maintain and build your community?
night air cooling
quiet breeze moving gently
holding drifting mists
rainfalls lovely sound
pollen’s excess washed away
the air now refreshed
after the nightfall
with the rain rattled rooftops
the darkness consumes
dawn's slowly rising
light gently touching fresh blooms
the juncos dancing
Today’s cover image was created with WordPress’s built-in AI image generator. The prompt was just the haiku. Kinda fun.
the robins return
to this land starving for grace
and beauty's blessing
clawing through the clouds
sunlight mingles with the rain
a winter’s day born
Ah, another winter’s morning starts here in Seattle!
