My first computer was an AppleIIC, and in addition to keeping my kindergarten students occupied with various learning games, its primary purpose was to produce my weekly class newsletter. I quickly knew I wanted my newsletter to be "pretty" as well as informative.

I got hooked... From that time to this time I've been focused on learning the arts associated with making things pretty on a computer. That quest has led me to a wide variety of resources from friendly mentors, to design classes at UCSB, compter classes at the local service bureaus, books of all kinds, and most recently, a wide variety of online resources. Our rural and somewhat isolated islsnad life has made the internet an invaluable playground where learning everything seems possible.

Surfing from this site to that site, yet another cyber explorer... I've happened upon some wonderful resources that continue to help me learn the arts that allow me to make things pretty... from digital photo albums of family events, to various printed projects, and my current passion, web design, I continue to be amazed at what is possible.. and all there is to learn.

In an attempt to be just one more link in the chain of learning on the web, and to point friends, family and visitors to sites that can answer their questions far better than I can, I offer this section of our web as a resource guide for others who want to learn the arts.

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