so after all the fanfare & hoo-haw about my new website, and after tweaking it incessantly and compulsively for over a week, i'm finally happy with it...i go out to google, and search "wix linda esterley" and (trumpet fanfare + confetti) Internal Server Error. what?? but i've worked so hard. i am closer to amish than technical, so i had to Teach Myself all this stuff and Redo Almost Every Page 10 times. and that's the best they can do?? oy vey. so i emailed them and got a very courteous & immediate response. automated, but prompt. and i replied to the automated response, thanking it for being so courteous & prompt, but reminded it that IT was, in fact, on a trial run basis with me Before I Upgraded to the Paid version. my exact reasoning for this, i further explained, was for this EXACT reason. what good is a website that no one can access? i await their reply. in other news, i am knee deep in an online encaustic class and chomping at the bit to get waxy. i'm not actually doing the lessons, just looking on. i'm not sure why, but felt intuition that it should be this way, and i usually trust my gut. but it seemed important enough that i listen this time, so i am. maybe God knows what a bad mix Linda + fire is? or cooking of any sort, and this is close enough to cooking. I have some really awesome photos of the leaves changing and of my afternoon spent with a Great Blue Heron. i used husband's camera, which he then took to photograph some eagles, and the camera (which has the card in it) is MIA. probably somewhere in his car. i'll check when the sun comes up and the skunks punch out for the day. Diva dog goes to Cornell thursday to get her lumps checked. i can't say too much about that without getting all weepy. she's an old lady now, and i'm seeing some of the same behaviors that Kita exhibited right near the end. husband scoffs at me when i tell him, but i know what i know. nuff said here. Perfect stepdaughter texted me from college, telling me she's at the Humane Association and wants a dog. i reminded her we still have bulimia cat on loan here, and that she should have a baby instead, as it would be easier. what? yes i meant it. well, not that she should actually have a baby, but that it would be easier. today i have plans to finish a Talisman necklace for a special order, hammer out a sample for a meeting on tuesday, and make some birds. i'll show you when i'm done. but right now, i need to find some socks, or convince diva to lay on my feet. and have breakfast (or is it lunch for me?). geez, isn't this the most thrilling post you've ever read? okay, i'll up the appeal later. after i find my camera.