{"id":341622,"date":"2025-12-13T07:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/and-so-begins-2025-70candles-com\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:23:42","slug":"and-so-begins-2025-70candles-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=341622","title":{"rendered":"And so begins 2025! | 70Candles.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A warm hello to our 70Candles subscribers, visitors and blog contributors.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken a while to write this message for the new year, but much has been happening.<br \/>First, our apologies. There was a pause in our postings, while we communicated for months with folks in India responsible for the IceGram plugin.  Success at last!!<\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed that recent new entries appear in your email box with a \u201cRead more\u201d option that actually works! It takes you directly to the 70Candles.com site and allows you to read the entire new message. We no longer have to send out a Broadcast announcing the new posting.  What a relief\u2026Broadcasting was the task that had so terribly tripped us up with each of its new upgrades. A small glitch still remains as sometimes a past entry comes along for the ride, but that is being worked on.<br \/>Enough about technology\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As the world spins in unchartered directions we count on our social connections to keep us afloat. We are ever thankful for you and the continued activity on our blog. Hard to believe, but 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of this site.  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