“Shoulda” Known Better and a Plug

Than to believe that the low gas prices in June would stick around. They were climbing up in July  and YIKES again in August.

Here’s a sampling from stations as of yesterday, Aug 8.  NO, we don’t have this many stations on the VA eastern shore. These drive-by images were taken traveling home from a road trip to Scranton, PA (more on that later). Stations were in states along our return route in PA, DE, MD, and VA — lowest $3.52 to highest $3.69.

And from what the news reports stated today – gas prices are UP on average over 20 cents across the nation – it’s going around AGAIN just when we were doing our happy dance too.

NOW the PLUG — but it’s a “good” thing”

This post was created and edited using Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer, part of the Windows Essentials suite (collage was done in Google’s FREE photo editor Picasa) .
This (non-shameless) plug for Microsoft is included because LW is hands-down, the best dedicated FREE blogging editor software and again it’s FREE.  (Sadly, there is no equivalent for Mac users, as I well know).  There has been online talk of the “possible” demise of Live Writer with the forthcoming release of the new Windows operating system, so I am helping get the word out. According to some bloggers, MLW has never been extensively pushed by MS and many bloggers may be unaware of its existence and capabilities. The best part (for me) is that you can create blogs off-line.

Fellow bloggers Ludwig and Technogran have written extensively on PC-based blogging tools. For a GREAT tutorial series on Live Writer, check out recent posts on Technogran’s Tittle Tattle blog, complete with screen captures. This blogger really knows her stuff and shares her know-how with fellow bloggers — THANKS TG.