Welcome One and All!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the new pad…er…press! It is such a joy to invite you into this new space!
I’m still getting used to WordPress (a great big I LOVE YOU out to Typepad for being so user-friendly…or is it just that I’ve had two years to learn it?), but hopefully the transition can nevertheless be smooth.
So…why the new site, you ask?
The new site because my life as a writer has slowly moved beyond infancy, beyond adolescence, even, and the time has come for a ritual to mark this passage into true adulthood. What could be more appropriate than the gauntlet of creating a new website??
To those of you who got used to (un)Veilings and are sad to see the amazing artistry and superb browser compatibility and utterly underlined sidebar links of that space go, all I can say is I’m with you, and that I hope with time we can all get used to such a new look and feel. You’ll see, though, that the soul of (un)Veilings has come along with us (meaning all the content is still here…and I am too!), and that that soul is actually more accessible and surf-able now by means of clearer (and actually-assigned-to-all-the-posts) categories. The search tool in the side bar can also help with that.
A great big THANK YOU out to Adam of cleave*design for turning a mock-up of this site into the real live deal, and navigating the choppy waters of Explorer 6.0 to try to make it look right in that browser. He works magic, I tell you.
So…glasses up, and here’s to many more years of exploring inner and outer landscapes together!
All my love,
Kristin
October 15th, 2006 at 11:42 am
Kristin,
The new site looks GREAT, congratulations!!!!
October 15th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I like your font and your smile beaming on the right…glad to see your new creation! And looking forward to continued dialogue.
October 15th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
kristin, your new place is beautiful…..looking forward to more of your words to help in clearing up my cobwebbed (yet questing) self…they do that, i hope you know…in your clearing your own mind, you clear up mine many times…or you ask the right questions to keep me strong in my quest…thank you.
October 15th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
gorgeous! you and the site - all i can say is WOW!!
October 15th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Hi Kristin, Great new site! I am very inspired because I have been considering integrating my blog into my own website for a while and updating the whole look, maybe I will have to connect with Adam, it all looks so wonderful and now that I want to move beyond templates I am a bit overwhelmed at how to begin. Thanks too for including me in your list of links, I am honored to be among such good company. Once I get to the website updating I will certainly return the favor. Blessings to you in this creative journey! Christine
October 15th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Welcome to Wordpress! It looks great - can’t wait to read more.
October 16th, 2006 at 5:46 am
WAHOOS for you!!!
Kristin, this is wonderful! So clean and spacious. Like Christine, I have been hoping to integrate my blog into my website. Your integrative journey is inspiring! Blessings and deep bows to you as you continue to name, claim, celebrate, and explore your voice and identity as Writer.
Wahoo!
Trish
October 16th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Kristin - so glad that the site turned out well and that you and others are enjoying it. I’m excited for you and for all of the wonderful writing that will take place here.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
I came visiting via Jen Lemen’s links. Beautiful site! Congrats on your new home.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
Thank you, everyone! So glad you stopped by!
October 19th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
I like the new site. Hope you enjoy the journey through “adulthood.”
October 19th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Thank you, Parson!
October 24th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Welcome to your new home on the Internet. I’ll change my blogroll to reflect your change, which it sounds like is more than a change. It’s a walk down a somewhat new path. I’ve been thinking of redoing my blog, too, but not until I have a block of vacation.
Your little son is so precious! I’ll be visiting from time to time.
October 24th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Thank you, Fran! Yes, it is a new path. And yes, I totally see why you want to wait for a bigger chunk of free time before playing with a new design. I can’t believe how time-consuming this can be.
The little ones in your life are also so precious. I always love the pictures of them that you post.
October 24th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
This is gorgeous, seamless, and so very grown up. CONGRATULATIONS, Kristen, on escorting yourself across this next writerly threshold with such grace and beauty.