Yes, I still maintain that Gopher is the simplest and most efficient
protocol when it comes to the learning curve and power consumption,
however I did find a very simple blogging tool called Bashblog:

https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog 

which is just a 500 line bash script.  It's elegant simplicity
convinced me it might be worth the effort.  The learning curve was
relatively shallow in that I had to learn a little Markdown:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown

"Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text
formatting syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to
HTML and many other formats using a tool by the same name.  Markdown
is often used to format readme files, for writing messages in online
discussion forums, and to create rich text using a plain text
editor."

The blog can be viewed here:

http://melton.sdf-us.org/blog/index.html

I'm glad someone came up with a simple text processing language for
the mere mortals.  Being a boring person myself, I don't mind
reading plain text, but I suspect many readers would like some
visual elements and not have to copy and paste urls to just look at
an image.  Alright, enough blabber.

* Meanwhile back at the ranch

The smoke from the fire over in Butte county was so thick, we were
not able to do any work in the garden.  As I am writing this, 23 are
dead and the fire has grown to 109,000 acres.  A horrific fire by
any measure.  We have just stayed indoors and kept the air filter
going.  Although Butte county is way over on the other side of the
central valley, a high pressure system has been bringing the smoke
into the north Bay counties.  Ask any fire fighter and they will
tell you in no uncertain terms that this is climate change at work.
Just a few weeks saw the largest fire in California history just on
the other side of the county from us.  The Guardian has a grim piece
about the fires and what the future holds:

https://tinyurl.com/yb2u3e6p

I have learned to pay attention to the surroundings and keep a close
eye on the Cal Fire news updates.  I'm sure everyone will breath a
sigh of relief when the long awaited rains finally come.

Unfortunately, there is no rain in sight and the forecast is not
promising.  The persistent smoke has obscured the sunlight which has
resulted in cooler than normal temperatures.  The last few mornings
have seen a layer of frost on the deck which, for our part of the
country, is a bit unusual.

Stay tuned...