White birches, yellow fence

A day of sprinkles and insipid showers, rain that couldn't quite justify the term. These trees and the fence benefit nicely from the diffuse light

So You Want To Be An Editor

"The trick in editing lies in willingness to raise obvious, simple-minded questions."

It occurs to me that my simple mind should have brought me to even more rarified heights of editing. Obviously, there must be more to the job, and for that I turn to John McIntyre of the Baltimore Sun. "Click here"

For those who wonder how I wound up in the job, despite my frequent inability to spot either the obvious or the poorly hung participle, I can only surmise that I was 'volunteered' to get me out of the ranks of lazy reporters.

'Click here'

I know I'll forget this advice if it isn't written down and it occurs to me that this is a good place to do that. Simply put, if you want readers to follow a link, the thing to do is tell them precisely what they need to do. So click here becomes the best approach. On Blogger, it's as easy as highlighting the two words and clicking on the link symbol, whereupon a drop-down box asks for the URL. I know it won't be that obvious on the company website, but I live in hope (although not Hope, B.C., which apparently is in the lush Fraser Valley).

Colour or not?

So, it was the subtle colours of dawn this morning that made me try to capture them. That never seems entirely successful, so I actually get to be a little phrustrated this morning.

But then I had to go and try a black and white version.