Tribute to Evelyn Ortner

I met Evelyn just once, during the volunteer dinner over the summer. She took the trouble to come around to my side of the table, to speak with me–an unfamiliar face–at some length. She put me at ease in the space of twenty seconds.

We spoke mainly about literature. Evelyn mentioned–with no prompting–my favourite writer, and I was sold on her. (And, from what I gather, vice versa). Sharp, charming, and warm.

The fastest way to post a memory or tribute to Evelyn:

1. Email your message to 812d0@preservationvolunteers.com. (That’s eight-one-two-d-zero). Please remove any signatures and attachments from your email — the body of the email will be what is posted on the blog, the subject of the email will be the blog post title.
2. Then click here. Your email will not be posted until you do. It should say “Mission completed” at the bottom of the page. If it doesn’t, or if you get a POP error, wait a few minutes for your email to arrive, then refresh/reload the page.

This will work for text-only tributes (no photos, attachments, etc.)

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For more sophisticated posts (including text formatting, photos, etc.):

1. Register
2. Login
3. When you log in, you will see the WordPress Dashboard. You probably want to click the link to UPDATE YOUR PROFILE OR CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD, so you don’t have to use the password that was emailed to you during the registration process.
4. To write a post, click WRITE. Type in the title, and your message — a memory of, or tribute to, Evelyn. (You can click CATEGORIES, on the right, to select whether it’s a memory or tribute.)
5. If you’re still writing your post, and need to take a break, click SAVE AND CONTINUE EDITING. If you are done writing your post, click PUBLISH.

Images

1. If you have an image you would like to share, UPLOAD it from your computer (using the WRITE POST page). Give it a title. Once it has been uploaded, a thumbnail of the image appears.
2. Click the thumbnail. Click “Not Linked” to change it to “Linked to Image”.
3. Finally, click “Send to editor”. The image appears in your post.

That’s it! If you want more detailed instructions, click here.

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If that’s too complicated, simply send us your memory or tribute. It will take a couple of days for us to process and post it.