My goal this past week has remained focused on updating my website to supplement the type of content planned for my Substack account and YouTube channel.

There is an unintended by-product of this effort. It’s cool to write about these digital platforms as if I know what I am talking about. The time will come, hopefully, when the substance of each platform reflects my virtual aspirations.

I spent the week taking inventory of my resources from more than 40 years in non-profit management. This involved sorting through boxes, computer directories and flash drives for the relics of my past.

The discovery of the artifacts my search disclosed was no less delightful than if my digging took place at an archeological site with some antiquarian value. Still, ancient wisdom (my own) reclaimed the light of day.

To be honest it did feel good to find anew the volume of things achieved, but it came with the troubling realization that a lot of time has passed since the making of those achievements.

Piecing together this odd assortment of ephemera was like weaving a tapestry with age as an integral part of the color scheme. I think that’s why we politely refer to discarded things as having character.

The home page has been amended to compliment the presentation in my Substack account. My next achievement, and likely the topic of next week’s post, is to add more content to my subsidiary pages.

And though it is not an attractive presentation as yet, cosmetic changes will have to wait until my pragmatic sensibilities are satisfied.  Not over.

The website, Substack and YouTube channels – though lacking in commercial value – are my latent efforts to still produce a body of work for the benefit of others. This means I am still teaching and these platforms are my classroom.

So be forewarned: I do not grade on a curve.