Here is one of my favorite stories from the festival: I was escorting a woman to the main office so that I could make a photocopy of a receipt for her. I mentioned that it was my first Wooden Boat Festival and that I was really excited about it. She mentioned that she and her husband had been coming for twenty-four years.
"Oh, that's wonderful!" I exclaimed.
"No, it's awful," she replied. "It's just the same old thing year after year."
Late commenting on it but have just returned from out of town and was catching up on reading - saw your new format. I LOVED the black! It was the classiest I've ever seen. So easy to read, felt so intimate. I'm so sorry to see it go. It made your photos and writiing pop. Just had to say. The new is... well...is kinda generic. Content is what matters though, and thank you for writing. I love how you share.
Posted by: Barbara | 16 September 2007 at 04:47 AM
I loved the black, too, and would probably keep it except that I do get a fair amount of complaints. This grey/green design is a generic Typepad template, and is only temporary. And who knows, I may just pop the black back up for awhile, until I figure out the new design.
Thanks for your kind words.
Posted by: nina | 16 September 2007 at 06:22 AM