Our team took a real break this break, which happened to coincide with the timing of break at the school where I work, as well as many of our contacts and potential contributors. This was a helpful reset and exhale in what has been a dizzying year, well beyond the scope of this semester. We still received a small number of submissions over the last two weeks and it makes me incredibly excited about what the coming weeks might hold, though I am slightly nervous about a lull followed by a flood of submissions. I shared our site with several colleagues who were struck by how quickly our project has come together – it was moving to see them respond to where we are as a group, even at such an early (is it early?) stage. Next, we will make some big decisions about color and design, with thanks to Phil for recommending the following site, which generates an apparently infinite collection of palettes that are somehow addictively relaxing and compelling to continue generating: http://colormind.io/bootstrap/

We now have contributors from Vermont, Texas, New York City, and upstate New York, which will provide us with an opportunity to progress with the next iteration of our site before receiving what we hope will be a larger but manageable volume over the final weeks of the semester. I am on the brink of formal approval to send our site off to connections internationally – that should happen within the week.