Organic poems from Kent by Susan Lane SLCM
Website Building gathers poems and reflections shaped by the process of creating, refining, and maintaining a digital home. These pieces explore the challenges, breakthroughs, and creative decisions involved in designing a website from the ground up. This tag highlights writing inspired by technical learning, problem‑solving, and the emotional journey of building an online space that holds memory, story, and personal legacy.
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Backend: A little poem about the wild week I’ve had building ColourMine – backend chaos, frontend sparkle, and a lot of tea. Backend, Frontend – Proud of Me Well, this has been quite a week of trials and tribulations for me Writing lots of poems for ColourMine … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine I was simply Susan Lane, an author discovering her voice. Today I write as Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine – having walked further along the path I invited others to join. ColourMine is a poetic path of discovery & creativity which was originally started in November … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Degrees: A quick little poem about me and my journey throughout the years, regardless of degrees. Thermometer on the Shed in Degrees So, lots of learning but not a degree Because formal training always felt wrong for me I always thought it wasn’t what I needed to … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Welcome to WordPress WordPress: A chosen platform isn’t necessarily the correct place to be, it might just be a learning place for you to move on to your permanent place of residence. Here is such an adventure. The Move is done I can’t believe I finally made … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Google PageSpeed Insights – ColourMine’s Poetic Journey ColourMine: A reminiscent journey through some last problems with ColourMine on the Squarespace platform. where I had to deep dive into Google PageSpeed Insights for some website clarity and finally started to come to the conclusion that Squarespace was not … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine: I don’t only need this, understanding new direction ever reversing solitude to a new dilemma I Don’t Understand (But I’m Doing It The ColourMine Way) More reminiscing from Squarespace with lots of frustrations and no solution in sight despite all my best efforts to wrangle everything … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Whilst ColourMine was on Squarespace there were several challenges I was faced. This is another small one that impacted the whole process of website building that I was faced with on a daily basis. I didn’t realise when I started it would be an ongoing day to … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM, Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine Favicon – From Dandelion to Camellia ColourMine was still on Squarespace, still winging it – this is the story of how one bright idea turned into a two-day whirlwind of colour changes, favicon fuss, and a few well-earned facepalms. As you may have noticed yesterday, I … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine and Squarespace – my first blog In the early days of building ColourMine, I dove headfirst into the world of Squarespace with absolutely no idea what I was doing. What followed was a tangled mess of templates, tech tantrums, and poetic facepalms. This is the story … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Upgrading My Squarespace Blog Page Following on from my last blog about the trials and triumphs of building ColourMine, this piece dives deeper into the tangled web of Squarespace setup. Written during the thick of it (and now reflecting from the calmer shores of hindsight), it captures … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine Begins a New Day with a Cup of Tea Courtesy of De’Longhi A rainy morning, a cup of tea, and a quiet resolve to shape ColourMine into something more intuitive. This blog poem captures a moment of creative recalibration from my early days on Squarespace—when I … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine on Squarespace: A Progress Poem This is a poetic reflection on the early days of ColourMine’s build – with lots of Squarespace trials, tribulations, creative breakthroughs, and the unexpected joy of watching pages bloom. Follow me on my crafted journey of discovery toward the ColourMine of … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine is Sombre When Squarespace throws up challenges when least expected then there’s only one thing ColourMine will do, strap on the sass, tackle them head on and enjoy the ride. Why am I so sombre?Is it the time of year?I’m not sure it is and that’s … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Tracking down ColourMine’s duplicate identity This is on Squarespace which for meWas my first of ColourMine’s websites,On which I was learning so slowlyI’d been searching for days, possibly a week Just to give ColourMine a bit of a tweakEverywhere I looked it displayed for meThe wrong URL … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine – Definitely Poetry! This poem is a little back story about my website building journey Frustration upon frustration, oh, what I did I doI did everything right, even though I didn’t have a clueIt got so bad I consulted a higher authority than meOn how to … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine Welcome to my second attempt at a live website for ColourMine I’m glad that you’re here and hope my poetry has given you some enjoyment along the way. My first attempt at building a live website was with Squarespace. I never found out if I got it … Read more
Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine ColourMine: From Squarespace to WordPress and everything in between, this is a journey that has been long awaited with the familiarity of a long-lost friend, ready to build on previously shaky ground with alacrity and enjoyment. Hello World & Welcome to ColourMine & Susan Lane SLCM ColourMine’s … Read more
