Many years ago I spent some time generating Pinterest boards to identify my artistic interests and expand my visual landscape. I have always been fascinated by pattern. Lately, I have been trying to create textured pattern on my pinched ceramic forms. I feel terribly lacking.

This Sunday, July 12, 2026, I finally gave my distracted brain the time to rebuild my Joomla website. I had heard that people use AI to help with website development, so I worked with Google’s Gemini to guide me through what I once knew how to do manually: setting up a Joomla website and database.