Wowzer… my life goals never included “learning Linux”… but here I am, regardless of my (lazyish) tendencies 
OK, I found the Blynk folder, locked away in the root folder (of which I originally had no access to, as a normal user login). I managed to move everything Blynk related into the /home/chip/Blynk folder and switch said folder to user permissions, and setup my email… then, for some reason, I needed to redo the /etc/rc.local for proper server action at bootup.
Pheww… a bit more “attendance needed” then I originally hoped for 
But it seems to be working as “normal” now. EDIT - only now I have no idea how to update the server down the road… arggg, more learning needed 
Perhaps there was a reason for having it in Root access… but might I recommend keeping it more like the “official” install locations and permissions?