About My Site Design
When I began to design this site, my initial concern was that it be visually interesting, but not to the point that it distracts from the content. I wanted to keep the focus on what I had written, what I had to say, rather than the graphics. This is a difficult task because the urge is to incorporate all the things you learn how to do along the way. What I had to keep reminding myself as I planned my site was that just because I could, didn't mean that I should.
So, while I wanted to have a site that was "pretty," I wanted it to still be easy to read. Therefore, I decided to use real images, photos, as my only actual graphic and to use a relatively light, similar background color on each of the pages, with mostly black lettering, except for in the headings and links. I also decided to align the text so that it would be comfortable to read and as book-like as possible. I am making an effort to keep the content of each page one-page length long so that you don't have to do any scrolling (however, if your screen resolution is set differently than my own, this might not necessarily hold true).
But wait, there is more.