This is a tragedy unlike any other. I should not have to deal with this horrible news so early in the morning. And there’s no satisfactory answers online. Nothing on social media that will answer my questions or soothe my concerns.
So I’m just going to grit my teeth and say it.
Why the hell did WordPress update my blog editing platform without telling me they were doing it? UGH!!
See, for the 11+ years I’ve had a blog, the blog has been on a WordPress platform – first at the Times Union, and currently on my own site. But yesterday, WordPress changed their editing software for blog writing to some new intuitive platform, and I can’t get it to change back. And it looks like I’m not the only one who’s frustrated with WordPress’s little stunt.
Okay, I know, I’m going to have to get used to change. It happens. Make the best of it.
Who knows? By the end of the month I’ll be proficient in this new WordPress platform.
Yeah, right. And the sun will rise in the west.
Okay, enough kvetching on my part. You didn’t come to this blog to hear me grumble. You came here – on a Saturday – to check out the blogroll and find out some great articles by some awesome bloggers, photographers and writers. So let’s do that now.
Okay, just give me a second to figure out this blogging hierarchy platform a second. Yeesh.
BLOGS FOR TASTE
Bill Dowd’s Notes on Napkins blog, “Vermont’s little Charlotte suddenly getting a foodie scene.“
The Burnt My Fingers blog, “Recipe: Pickled Red Onions.“
Jerry Papandrea’s “DerryX” blog, “LEGENDARY Oneonta COLD CHEESE PIZZA.“
BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “Autumn’s Glory at Lens Lake.“
BLOGS FOR HISTORY
The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “What happened to the Burdett-Coutts Marker?“
The St. Paul’s Church of Albany blog “Grain, Once Scattered,” “Mr. Starkey Returns to Albany.“
BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “Kodakery.“
Richard Broom Photography, “The Jump Jet.“
Rob Moses Photography, “East Village Path Views.“
The Lonerist photo blog, “Window.“
The Mostly Monochrome blog, “Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu.“
The Resurrected Camera blog, “4×5 portrait session 0.“
Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens” blog, “Pool Time.“
BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
The B&S About Movies blog, “Drive-In Friday: Get on the Train.“
BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
Fran Rossi Szpylczyn’s “There Will Be Bread” blog, “Sealed in the Book of Life.“
Rob Hoffman in the “Hoffman Files,” “The Irate Debate.“
Silvia Lilly in the DelSo blog, “Trumpster Fire.“
Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “A little bit of political karma.“
BLOGS FOR THE WORD
The Pine Hills Review, “Try Something: What Have You Got to Lose – I Mean, Love” by CB Auder.“
Alexis Ryder’s “Stories I’ve Never Told,” “The Border.“
J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Tour de Trees 2020 – Rollin’ in Place (Update #2).“
Jewel Kinch-Thomas in the Tune In to Leadership blog, “The We Space of Listening: A Jazz Lens.“
BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
Aaron Bush’s “Aaron Knits” blog, “A Men’s Knitting Retreat like no other.“
Brian Huba’s “The Cat’s Pajamas” blog, “It’s only love.“
The Capital District Fun blog, “A project.“
Leanne Ricchiuti in the CivMix portal, “You’ll Always Be My Baby – Always.“
Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “You can only do so much.“
Lazygal’s “Killin’ Time Being Lazy,” “No kits needed.“
Oui-Liette’s blog, “Ghosts of Halloween Past: Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s.“
Okay … so far, so good. Let’s see how tomorrow looks with this WordPress update situation.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Chuck The Writer 
Yup. I can’t suss out the new WP on my backup blog. AT ALL. And since it’s free, I can’t fix it. Now on my main blog, which I pay for, I downloaded Classic Editor, about a year and a half ago and that has alleviated the problem there.
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Hmm. Sounds like this ‘upgrade’ is a ploy to frustrate users into ponying up. Unless the classic editor isn’t available that way anymore.
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I have been resisting accepting the new block editor on WP too, but yesterday when I hit “new post,” it forced it there. From the WP-ADMIN control panel, there is now an option under “all posts” to go to “classic editor,” but I have yet to figure out how to START there, and once you start with the new nonsense, every time you edit the post in the classic format, you get a pop-up telling you some functionality may be lost. I like WP, but this is a terrible self-own they’re doing here . . . feels like it’s all about presumption that phone/tablet formatting is the most important element, so if you’re still PC based, and have a layout/design that lends itself to large screens, you’re SOL. Yucko.
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I should note that I have a paid WP account too at the premium level . . . looks like to add the Classic Editor back in, you have to be at business level. Sigh.
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