AFTER much deliberation about whether or not to upgrade to custom CSS, I decided that instead I would experiment with a new theme. Let me know what you think of Garland.

OF course, I failed to take a screenshot of my old Cutline theme before I got rid of it. It really was a very cool theme, and I had set it up well. I just needed to get my widgets into two columns, and to get rid of those damn serifs.

I was looking for paintings by Isabel Bishop to put into my new theme, and originally had placed the following painting in the space at the upper left:

I thought it was a great painting, but Carrie strongly cautioned me against using it — probably because I write about churchy things sometimes. Of this painting, she said “It makes me nauseous.” (Cheers, Ms. Bishop!)

INSTEAD, Carrie suggested that I display Wolf Girl, by Kiki Smith:

SORRY, Carrie — I’m going to follow my instincts on this one.