The Daily School Bus: a dip into the archive

I drove to Metro Cafe and back, drove to Hatcher Pass and back and didn't see a school bus. I didn't really expect to. Schoolbuses tend to rest on Saturdays. But I've got plenty of school bus pictures left over from the time I began this school protest to the present. This particular Squarespace nightmare is now in its 42nd day. Here's a leftover school bus from yesterday.

Text added at 6:41 PM. The Squarespace nightmare continues - day 42 and counting.

The Daily School Bus: I dream of Bob Dylan and North Slope schools

Last night was a night of many dreams and awakenings, all spaced about one hour apart. The first dream was about Bob Dylan and it came not long after we went to bed about 12:30. He was doing a concert somewhere and singing,"Don't think twice, it's alright." Then he stopped by my hotel room to visit. I sat on one side of the room and he on the other, dressed in black. I looked straight into his face and it looked not as it looks now but as it looked 45 years ago – maybe 50. His hair was bushy, his eyes intense. "Goddam!" I stated emphatically. Then I woke up thinking I must've slept for hours but it was 1:30.

The next dream took place in a school in one of the villages on the North Slope. Again, I woke thinking I must've slept for hours but now it was 2:30 AM. So it went all through the night – me having dreams taking place in different schools in the villages of the North Slope and then waking up one hour after I had last woken from a dream until finally I got up about 8:30. I do not remember the details of any of these dreams, only that they happened and it seemed like in just about every village. As for this Daily School Bus, I saw it yesterday evening as I drove to Chugiak for the event on which I plan to report tonight. 

Text added at 10:49 AM. The Squarespace nightmare continues.

The Daily School Bus: not from today – it's Saturday; from Tuesday

Update, 1:28: With the exception of the aforementioned failure last night, I have been having good success using the email workaround to publish the picture only, as long as I leave out the text. I have now made 13 accidental, test and real posts using this methond and 12 have resulted in a successful picture post, for a 92.3 percent success rate.

This by no means lets Squarespace off the hook, as it still represents a 0 percent success rate in making a full post, picture with text.

But, it is something I can live with for awhile. So I will continue to post pictures alone in this way and then come back and add text later - just as I am doing right now.

But sometimes, I won't even add the text. Sometimes, as in the previous two posts, the picture with title is quite enough. In fact,the picture with title would have worked fine with this one, but I do want both readers and Squarespace to know what I must do to keep blogging in the time that this Squarespace nightmare continues.

I drive through the perilous moose crash area

Here I am, driving home from Anchorage. Sure hope I don't hit a moose. I don't think I will, but hundreds of people do.

PS: I am not posting while I drive. I am actually home now, sitting safely in my office with Jim, speaking of the near past in the present tense. 

I went for a drive today and found coffee far away

Determined to take a complete and full day off and to enjoy this

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