Still, I need to tinker with the codes to produce the effect that I want. This can get quite frustrating. Also, they remind me that I am extremely lucky. I have found a home where I can experiment in ways I find intriguing and can apprecate others' experiments as well. Then I know that life is good, in spite of the current nagging problem.
People move on to new and ever more enthralling projects.
I thought that I would not mind going back and re-editing Marble Springs in perpetuity, but it turns out that this is a bit of an onerous burden. Do something once and plan to be done with it. You can always go back and offer to do a sequel or second edition later. I was taking a hypertext literature course through the State University of New York which included Marble Springs. One of the other students pointed this out to me.