I have only ever managed to keep a journal when traveling, and even then just for a matter of weeks, so I should probably admit now that blog posts will come in little flurries, separated by many months. I think even my Gmail has accepted this; I have stopped getting the weekly “post something new” guilt-trip emails from WordPress and can only assume they are being marked as “spam.” I probably don’t have something worth sharing every 7 days anyhow, so this is really for the better.
Three months, however, is enough time to have some news, which I’ve already given away in the title. First, Madison and I moved to the North End in Boston, a lovely neighborhood that is close to everywhere else in Boston because, well, it’s Boston. It’s amazing how long it takes to get organized and settled when you have a million books and no furniture, but we are finally ready to call the place home.
Second, I built a new website from scratch, and transferred my blog from WordPress. For anyone familiar with my lack of familiarity with computer coding languages, this is quite an achievement, and one I’m not afraid to brag about. It took a long time, involved many frustrated evenings wondering why nothing was working (only to discover a single missed semicolon), and still isn’t perfect, but it seems to work. If anyone notices issues on different browsers, or has suggestions for improvements like how to speed it up, I would love to hear your thoughts. In other news, computer coding is actually fun and I have so much respect for people who can do it well. This website looks very simple, but it almost got the better of me.
And finally, in-between the coding and the unpacking, I have actually been producing some art. Lots of watercolors, because I haven’t yet found space in our 230-square-foot apartment to set up an easel. The project I’ll share here is a fun one, and a bit different than what I usually do. Madison had the idea to send out postcards to tell people we moved, so I naturally took over and slowed the whole process down dramatically by insisting on painting a pseudo-birds-eye view of our neighborhood, loosely inspired by those tourist maps you pick up for free in popular vacation towns. (If you know us and think you should have received a postcard, send us an updated address - we probably don’t have it.)
I really enjoyed making the illustration, and am planning to do more like this around different neighborhoods in Boston because it’s a great excuse to go outside and sketch. (Cheap plug: if you want one of your neighborhood, I’m happy to stalk you on Google Streetview. Email me.)
That’s it for now, I’ll post again when I have something to say. Or when the WordPress guilt trip gets to me, whichever comes first.
