My sister is getting married! To a really nice guy! Who we like a lot! And who is kind of a geek!
Mazel tov to Rebekah and Jason. They're getting married in Mexico next week, and we're all trucking down there to sit on the beach, drink things with umbrellas in them, fish (or in our case, watch people fish), and smile happily at a relationship that, as far as we can tell, works pretty darn well. It's a messed-up world, and yet we still do this crazy thing where we fall in love with each other and do the hard work we need to do to stay together. It's an incredible act of faith. So cheers to you, Rebekah and Jason. Right on.
If you haven't heard from me recently, it's because I've spent every waking minute of the last two weeks writing a grant. In case you don't know, I've co-founded a non-profit organization. Because it seemed like a practical thing to do and a reliable source of income. The organization is called OurGoods. It's an online barter network for artists. To the left are two of the images 
Louise Ma, one of the other co-founders, created to demonstrate the site. She is brilliant. So are Caroline, Rich and Carl, the other co-founders. But I don't have pictures they drew.The site is being alpha tested now, so you can't really see it, but you can peek in at ourgoods.org.
We were invited to apply for a very, very large grant, which is a big deal - they got 415 submissions, and only 75 organizations were invited to apply for the 12-15 grants they will actually give. The application is ginormous, and that's pretty much all I've been doing.
In the meantime, the plumbers and electricians have completed this phase of their work, and it's now time for us to start sheetrocking, wonderboarding, tiling, trimming, and a lot of other things. It appears I am going to learn to install ductwork. But not until this grant is done and my sister is safely married to this really great guy.
