BREATHES there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
‘This is my own, my native land!’
Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d
As home his footsteps he hath turn’d
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour’d, and unsung.
[Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Sixth, verse I]
I started this blog as a learning experience and have several posts about my progress and the resources I’ve found most useful. I wanted to be able to set up a Worpress blog on a server and customize the presentation (look and feel). I’ve succeeded doing that with help. If I knew PHP programming and understood more about databases and a few other technical things, it would have been easier, but I’m proof that a graphic designer can fiddle around and do it. When the two new blogs are actually on line for public viewing, I’ll include the links in a post. 
Knitting, writing and other joys 