Bob Stepno
@bobstep.bsky.social
Former journalist, tech writer, academic, media historian, now retired in sw Va, playing oldtime-style music (mandolin, uke, guitar), exploring the Blue Ridge, writing a little, including https://jheroes.com
https://boblog.blogspot.com
https://boblog.blogspot.com
For wordle, lucky start, then chipping-away
September 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
For wordle, lucky start, then chipping-away
Great first word though!
August 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Great first word though!
Contradance perspective tive from mando-banjo-fiddle week!
July 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Contradance perspective tive from mando-banjo-fiddle week!
Phew today... sometimes you just know too many words I need to use too many of them. But I was done before 12:10.
Wordle 1,470 6/6*
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June 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Phew today... sometimes you just know too many words I need to use too many of them. But I was done before 12:10.
Wordle 1,470 6/6*
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Must remember not to go with those Scrabble words.
June 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Must remember not to go with those Scrabble words.
Not sure why this image didn't appear in my original post. As you can see, Wordlebot has a peculiar way of counting possible words left.
June 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not sure why this image didn't appear in my original post. As you can see, Wordlebot has a peculiar way of counting possible words left.
Definitely in a fives rut , but this was one of my most creative . See the image below Wordle 1,445 5/6*
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I have a long history of trying Words that Wordle counts as valid .. but unlikely.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Definitely in a fives rut , but this was one of my most creative . See the image below Wordle 1,445 5/6*
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I have a long history of trying Words that Wordle counts as valid .. but unlikely.
An impulsive first word wasn't too bad at whittling down the choices, but then it was slow going. 53 left, six left, four left, one left
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June 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
An impulsive first word wasn't too bad at whittling down the choices, but then it was slow going. 53 left, six left, four left, one left
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Haven't posted anything original here in a while except for Wordle scores. So here is some spring time on the Blue Ridge..
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Haven't posted anything original here in a while except for Wordle scores. So here is some spring time on the Blue Ridge..
But one of my words would be worth 33 points at Scrabble
May 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
But one of my words would be worth 33 points at Scrabble
How is this for lucky and unlucky? Another one of my fewer than 0.1% chose this start word situations...
Wordle 1,380 4/6*
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March 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How is this for lucky and unlucky? Another one of my fewer than 0.1% chose this start word situations...
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This week's biggest accomplishment, replacing three out of 10 strings. But those were the wound ones, with worn out windings capable of drawing blood. I wonder how many can name the instrument?
February 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This week's biggest accomplishment, replacing three out of 10 strings. But those were the wound ones, with worn out windings capable of drawing blood. I wonder how many can name the instrument?
From the Floyd Country Store Sunday afternoon old time and Bluegrass jams, here is a brief dobro break as my first experiment in uploading video to Blue Sky. I believe that is Charlie Milliron playing.
My next smartphone task will be to learn how to shorten a longer clip to accepted Blue Sky length.
My next smartphone task will be to learn how to shorten a longer clip to accepted Blue Sky length.
January 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From the Floyd Country Store Sunday afternoon old time and Bluegrass jams, here is a brief dobro break as my first experiment in uploading video to Blue Sky. I believe that is Charlie Milliron playing.
My next smartphone task will be to learn how to shorten a longer clip to accepted Blue Sky length.
My next smartphone task will be to learn how to shorten a longer clip to accepted Blue Sky length.
A couple of weeks of ridiculously cold weather eased off in Radford Virginia today. It was possible (for some) to wade along the edge of the New River without completely freezing your feet. It helped if you were wearing a down jacket.
January 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A couple of weeks of ridiculously cold weather eased off in Radford Virginia today. It was possible (for some) to wade along the edge of the New River without completely freezing your feet. It helped if you were wearing a down jacket.
On the other hand, I haven't finished this course yet.. ❤️
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the other hand, I haven't finished this course yet.. ❤️
Looking out my window from a hilltop in the small city of Radford in Southwestern Virginia, wondering if there are tools for moving neighborhood infosharing groups off Facebook, which has replaced local and regional newspapers, bulletin boards, civic organization newsletters.
#NeighborhoodBluesky
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January 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Looking out my window from a hilltop in the small city of Radford in Southwestern Virginia, wondering if there are tools for moving neighborhood infosharing groups off Facebook, which has replaced local and regional newspapers, bulletin boards, civic organization newsletters.
#NeighborhoodBluesky
#NeighborhoodBluesky
Congratulations! I generally don't look at those scores, but my four today was a mixed blessing... "skill" more than double the luck! :-)
November 22, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Congratulations! I generally don't look at those scores, but my four today was a mixed blessing... "skill" more than double the luck! :-)
Woodland spirit within tree, making a face and sticking out its tongue, according to a friend of mine. Or spitting out the distasteful object? I'm fascinated by how this piece of steel or iron got grown over and wound up headed out into the world triangular point first. Wildwood Park, Radford, VA
November 22, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Woodland spirit within tree, making a face and sticking out its tongue, according to a friend of mine. Or spitting out the distasteful object? I'm fascinated by how this piece of steel or iron got grown over and wound up headed out into the world triangular point first. Wildwood Park, Radford, VA
I'm on my laptop, not my camera, so deep file of on-stage pix. This is Carl Martin of Martin, Bogan & Armstrong, at the Hudson River Revival, 1977 or '78. Check out Steve Gooman's "Ballad of Carl Martin" on YouTube.
November 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I'm on my laptop, not my camera, so deep file of on-stage pix. This is Carl Martin of Martin, Bogan & Armstrong, at the Hudson River Revival, 1977 or '78. Check out Steve Gooman's "Ballad of Carl Martin" on YouTube.
@jakerfox.bsky.social Quite the clan gathering!
November 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
@jakerfox.bsky.social Quite the clan gathering!
Not a lot of color left in the woods at Wildwood Park in Radford, Va., but still a nice place for a walk.
November 10, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Not a lot of color left in the woods at Wildwood Park in Radford, Va., but still a nice place for a walk.
