Archive for September, 2001
today …
… we were supposed to be flying the US to see my family, but we’re not. Part of me said we should go anyway, to not be overly worried about world events, to not give in to fear. The sensible part of me, however, realised that although the threat of terrorist action on our flight is low, the chance of disrupted travel and getting stuck in an airport far from where we needed to be was high enough to be taken into consideration. I have a business to run, Drew has a new job to go to and the Small Person would not be too impressed at spending the night in an airport.
So I’m here trying to write code, Drew is at work and the Small Person, oblivious to it all, is at nursery sticking random things to bits of paper no doubt.
“When it’s all over… when things have settled down…” I say, “when its all over then we’ll go to America”. As I say this though I realise that i haven’t got a clue what I am waiting for, and whether this is really just the beginning.
dull news of the day
I refined and improved one of my Dreamweaver extensions (Old Style New Style) which has just been approved by Macromedia and is now available on the Macromedia Exchange and also on edgeofmyseat.com.
There really isn’t any other news, apart from the fact that I allowed an insane Frenchwoman to cut my hair today and add bright red highlights, and I’m rather pleased with it!
a new article
.. written by yours truly has now been published on the Women Designers Group website. If you aren’t interested in web development its probably not your thing!
If you fancy checking it out then it is currently here.
moving on … to what?
The news reports seem to have taken a different tone today, less talk of rescue more talk of military matters.
The government and officials in the USA have impressed me over the last few days, with their obvious compassion and their willingness to talk, to try to work out the best way forward and to not act in haste. I can only hope that this continues, and whatever happens next does not serve to cause more violence, fear and loss of life.
My mother just sent me a copy of the sermon she will be preaching on Sunday, at the church where she is Assistant Pastor in Upstate New York. There she will have to stand before the congregation, many of whom will have lost friends and family in this tragedy, and try to make some sense of it. She does so more eloquently than I ever could, and I really wish she wasn’t several thousand miles away right now.
Thursday
Zeldman writes about the last few days. My list of people I’m keeping in my prayers grows hourly. My family are safe – my parents and little sister in Upstate NY, my other sister in Boston working in a hospital.
I don’t have a lot to say, other than that I’m still praying, still keeping all of those I know over in the US right at the front of my thoughts. I can’t explain how I feel right now and I need to be around other people.
