When I get immersed in a big project that tunnel vision thing starts to take over. Everything else gets shoved aside, postponed, put off, ignored. Well, not everything. I still love a party! And good dinners. But things like blogs, fun as they are, languish. No more! It’s summer and there are other claims on time like gardens and, in our case, a major garage restoration when we noticed that two sides of the thing had begun to sink into the earth, the foundations completely rotted away…but I’m back.
Which brings me to some good news. My amazing son has just started his own design/build firm and was able to put the garage right in a matter of days. And that included jacking the whole building up and poring new foundations and who knows what. Dear A lent a hand, I made lunch.
This week there was an article in the local paper announcing Nick’s new venture but they neglected to include his phone number. Hence the thunderbolt inspiration—he must have a web site! Now! None of us are techy in the least but this wee blog has helped me get a tiny, tentative grip on these matters. Then Dear A, who has a new and brilliant book coming out in January 08 which will change how a lot of people look at their lives and is based on literature (this sentence is way too long)—well, he discovered that at Yahoo (plug) you can get a website for $9./month and there are templates there to choose from and some aren’t half bad. AND you don’t need ANY expertise at all or to know code. It’s EASY-WEASY. You can type right onto it and upload any photos that you have stored on your computer.
So—in a matter of two hours I managed to do a very cool website for Nick. There’s more coming on it soon—photos and words. www.nickportnoybuilders.com
I’m really excited about this. Artists and writers can do their own websites and have them up in a matter of hours. There’s telephone support as well but I promise—you won’t need it. More importantly, it’s easy to add to the site and keep it changing with new work and inspiration—make it a live thing. A fun thing. Bring energy to it.
So, here’s wishing Nick all the best! Already the work is poring in. If you live in Boston and have any home renovation needs I can tell you he does supurb work and has an excellent design eye! I know, I’m his mother but I do not lie!
And I’m back—here, now. Well, once a week anyway. Tunnel vision doesn’t work. All kinds of things are happening and we can give our attention to them as we must. The work is getting done, all of it, and it seems to me that the more we have to do the more we get off the duff. So here’s to new ventures, the magic of websites, ongoing inspiration and summer!
And now out to the garden where the garage restoration has led to a whole garden redesign. It includes a wee side deck to the garage where Dear A and I made a sitting area. After dinner we head out and look up at the sky—the closest we can get to the vastness of nature in our city space. But the sky’s always there for all of us wherever we are. It’s good—so good. It makes it seem like a fine world after all and magical. Good to look up. (Photos to come when the work is done. Soon—I just know it. We’re on a roll now!)
July 18th, 2007 | Category: Dear Reader | Comments (1)
