Mariposa County,<\/a> home of Yosemite (and also, according to Ms. Helms, \u201cthe Bible belt of the Sierras\u201d).<\/p>\nThe mega-generous Karen tells me this image is mine to do with as I please.<\/p>\n
I was thinking of turning it into a badge that people could then place on their blogs. Put Member: John\u2019s Band <\/em>across its top, JohnShore.com<\/em> across its bottom, have it link to my blog, and \u2026 it\u2019d be like I died and went to penguin heaven.<\/p>\nI know<\/em> I can figure out how to create and make available that badge in about two months shy of never. If any of you Photoshoppy, techno-wizzy types would like to make that badge for me, of course I\u2019d appreciate that assistance.<\/p>\nI\u2019m having fun with my new blog platform, which just launched today. I know you guys can\u2019t tell how different it is, but, from my end, it\u2019s a whole new ballgame. Stay tuned for upcoming bloggy goodness!<\/p>\n
And have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s a work of art entitled \u201cJohn\u2019s Band,\u201d created by artist Karen Helms. Besides being what I think we can all agree is an astonishingly inspired artist, Ms. Helms is Deputy Tax Collector for Mariposa County, home of Yosemite (and also, according to Ms. Helms, \u201cthe Bible belt of the Sierras\u201d). The mega-generous Karen tells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1528,"featured_media":10346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>Here\u2019s a work of art entitled \u201cJohn\u2019s Band,\u201d created by artist Karen Helms.<\/p>\n