Embracing change isn’t my strong suit. I’m a creature of habit, someone born under the sign of the crab.
I’m most comfortable when I can burrow in deep, cover my head and settle down for long, familiar stretch of whatever.
Food for Thought is five months old, yet it’s now on its fourth rebirth.
If these changing matters were left entirely up to me, I would probably still be noodling around with my first blog, weekly, monthly, whenever.
But Food for Thought is blessed with a team of people who don’t just appreciate change, they seek it, run after it and make it their best friend.
The next few weeks’ Generation 4 remodel of Food for Thought is because of these people.
First, once again, credit goes to the computer mastermind behind Food for Thought: My dear friends Jim and Darcie Gore of Redding who’ve spent countless hours designing, implementing, debugging and perfecting each phase of every remodel, most especially this one.
When our power went in January, two nights before our previous FFT do-over, Darcie and Jim let us crash at their house where their dining room table held four laptops.
Speaking of computers, Food for Thought wouldn’t exist if not for my son, Joseph, in the Czech Republic. I am forever grateful to Joe for founding Food for Thought after one of my darkest hours, and for being the on-going creative computer guy who works and communicates almost daily with Jim, most recently in a web-cam meeting from opposite sides of the earth.
I credit my husband Bruce, who put his furniture-making business on hold so he could help maintain Food for Thought’s press releases, death notices, new ads, and handle all non-editorial tasks. I thank Bruce for putting up with my ADD, procrastinating ways, and for not complaining (much) about a break-neck schedule that keeps us up late, even though we’re not night people.
Credit also goes to Food for Thought’s incredible advertisers, beginning with Howard Dahl, our very first local businessman whose ad graced our site. Without supportive businesses, I would have had no choice but to close this dream shop months ago to find a “real” job. I love Food for Thought to pieces. But as we all know, love is great, but it doesn’t pay the bills.
And I thank my oldest son, Joshua, for being such a great ad salesman, Food for Thought spokesman and voice of reason.
And writers! From its very inception, Food for Thought was graced with some amazinginly talented writers. You’ll see their names in the upcoming “About Us” section. Take note that Food for Thought has more than two dozen writers, most of whom are the most busy, engaged and connected people anywhere. I feel so very fortunate they’re sharing their talents on Food for Thought. I remain humbled.
Most of all, I credit you. Without you, I’d be an unemployed blogger writing random thoughts to nobody in particular.
Without you I would not have believed it possible for so many curious, insightful, bright, witty, kind, community-minded, critical-thinking, civilized people to collect and interact in our brand-new little e-village.
You Food for Thought readers defy the typical “demographic” model. You’re about far more than a market-targeted age group or income bracket. You’re about a joyful, life-embracing mindset. Talk about an ideal targeted market.
I thank you for your emotional support, for your inspiration, and for believing this site is worthwhile enough to visit again and again.
We’re in this together. And we’re getting better every day.
(You know what’s coming.)
All together now: I think it’s gonna be good!
