A Few Introductions

At the end of December, 2017, my mechanic discovered a crack in the frame of my bicycle, just where the cross bar meets the post that holds up the seat. In December and January the sun never rises too high in the sky over San Diego, and the wind blows gently through the arroyos and over the mesas. Perfect bike-riding weather. But while the manufacturer agreed to honor my bike's lifetime warranty, it would take weeks to ship a new extra-tall frame to the west coast and get it assembled. I wouldn't be cycling this January. I'd turned in my grades a week before, and since California State University offers its faculty an unusually long winter break, I knew how I was going to pass my days.

"Time to build that website," I said to myself.