been working on this blog makeover all night while the pale yellow moon shone in my eyes and now the sun is rising...

In the past few months I took the What Color Ideas Do You Have? quiz
and the What Color Should Your Blog Be? quiz .......with the following results:

My Ideas are Purple
When you think, you tend to have intelligent and complex ideas.
You could never explain where your thoughts come from. Your thinking process is very mysterious.
Your ideas tend to be difficult to grasp. You are very wise, and your ideas tend to have many layers.
You are a spiritual and enlightened person. Even your simplest idea packs a profound punch.

My Blog Should Be Purple
You're an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything. You tend to set blogging trends, and you're the most likely to write your own meme or survey. You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.

{Note: I see some of the above "analysis" as true..... however I do know this: 

I am most certainly not the one most likely to write a meme!}

Since my two-year blogversary I have been working behind the scenes toward a change of appearance for Writerquake. I don't have all the kinks figured out yet -- centering the header, for instance -- but it's time for the "maiden voyage" and I hope everything works. Please let me know if anything looks askew because different browsers sometimes alter aspects of templates and headers.

The marvelously artistic Dan Turner -- Dan Turner fine art -- gave permission for me to use his beautiful piece, Midnight Cocoon, for my blog header. Thank you so much, Dan! Not only does it contain purple, a color I like very much, but it contains my favorite shade of red-orange, plus some other shades I appreciate, including aqua and taupe-grey. I love the gossamer light and comforting shadows. Actually, I love everything about it!

Here is Dan Turner's description of Midnight Cocoon:

This fanciful shell design glows as if illuminated by a Serengeti campfire under a moonlit African sky. Rivers of color flow into one another to create a secure, dream-like aura.

Here is the song I thought of when I read Dan's words:



Under African Skies - (words and music by Paul Simon; sung with Linda Ronstadt)

Joseph's face was black as night
The pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
His path was marked
By the stars in the southern hemisphere
And he walked his days
Under african skies 

This is the story of how we begin to remember
This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
After the dream of falling and calling your name out
These are the roots of rhythm
And the roots of rhythm remain

In early memory
Mission music
Was ringing 'round my nursery door
I said take this child, lord
From tucson arizona
Give her the wings to fly through harmony
And she won't bother you no more

This is the story of how we begin to remember
This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
After the dream of falling and calling your name out
These are the roots of rhythm
And the roots of rhythm remain

Joseph's face was black as night
And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
His path was marked
By the stars in the southern hemisphere
And he walked the length of his days
Under african skies



Here is my wish:  that you find favor with these blog changes wherever you are......under African skies, or those of Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, island places, airy spaces (and Antarctica?). 



And here is a quote about change:

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
~Bertold Brecht