September 2025

First I want to say how incredibly excited I am to be here. For most of my first two and half years in Chicago, I was simply far too busy and too stressed to have the time or mental energy to devote to any creative work. That’s behind me now. I’ve been slowly trying to knock this site together into a solid framework for going forward, but there’s still so much I want to do.

My inspiration for What Ellie Does comes from the kind of old-school websites you hardly see anymore. The niche, special-interest forums and compendiums you may have stumbled across in chasing your own curiosity about one thing or another. The Phrontistery is a perfect example of this: chock full of resources and fun twists and turns, with endless information all on one theme. That is my vision for this site: full of the things that make me me, past and present.

I have so much in the works. Most things will be public; a few, password-protected. Though just for fun, I might start hiding the password somewhere in the site, just smack in the middle of a random paragraph or line of verse. We’ll see.

Anyway, I’m glad you’re here. I’m glad I’m here. See you in the pages.