Today marks the launch of my new website, with some major changes in both appearance and functionality. Partly the revamp is based on the fact that an overhaul was simply overdue, but it’s also intended to make it easier for the site to accommodate updates about several new projects that are slated for release this year, including two new books.

At David Henderson‘s recommendation, I’ve switched over to WordPress.  My old blog, on Typepad, is still available here, and will probably be integrated into this site in the near future.

For those who are interested in the picture I used for this post, it’s a detail from one of my mom’s (Dorrie Emmel’s) older works: