Editor's Note

I find my previous post to be much too long for presentation here; and I am currently attempting to learn enough CSS and Java Script so that I can competently locate where to enter the code to produce a "Read More" function for all long posts. The result will be shorter posts with the ability to expand the post if it appeals to you, the reader. Patience please.

Update- I also intend to code this site for all links to open in a new window, thereby you will not be directed away from here when you click on a link.
Update- The "open in new window" feature is complete, and an easy fix it turns out. Found it at The Real Blogger Status. 2nd Update: It is possible to ascribe this feature to your posts with the new post editor and it is not necessary change the HTML as I did.

So, it was easy once I updated to the new post editor. In the past it was necessary to edit the template's HTML in order create the Read More function. Now, it is a click away. The fix I attempted to learn to insert in the code would put a break into any post over a specified length, the Blogger version requires me to select a point in the text where I wish the break to happen. So, in some ways it is not as good a fix, (I have to remember to make a jump break), but this way gives the flesibility to put it where I want so I can be certain that a sentence or thought is finished before the break. Or, if I deem it useful to drive interest I can put it right in the middle of an intriguing ....

Update:
I inadvertently put two jumps in this post, and will need to learn how to eliminate the extra one. Also, I changed the text from the standard "Read more" to my own  homage to Lewis Carroll.

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you’re sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)