About
This Portal
Steven’s
Portal has been energized by people from around the
globe who are in sympathy with its humanitarian and earth-friendly
purposes.
This
website was successfully revived after being dormant for several
months. It has come full circle since its origins in August
2002, when it began as a personal homepage. It came into existence
long before the era of blogging. Most likely, it will never
resemble a blog, because it has never been about blogging, but
rather about linking. Nevertheless, a "forum" section
may be coming, and perhaps a podcast of some sort — feel
free to e-mail Steven
to let him know what you think. New content is coming.
As
of November 2011, we are receiving free nonprofit web
hosting services from Dreamhost (www.dreamhost.com).
Thank you to the kind account reps and executives at Dreamhost,
a truly enlightened company.
Many
thanks to those who helped in the early days of this project.
Your support is well remembered: web developer Sorat
Tungkasiri of Princeton, New Jersey, made a generous
contribution of technical assistance; sample color schemes and
design recommendations were provided by Renata Rubim
of Porto Alegre, Brazil; usability advice came from Gwendolyn
Reece of the American University Library in Washington,
D.C.
Further thanks go to Mark Hahn who donated
his consulting services. Now retired from the Veterans Administration
in Albany, New York, Mark advises health care agencies and teaches
classes on the principles of effective grant writing.
Joe Bridge helped with paperwork and offered
inspiration musically by sharing his talent as a singer, songwriter
and guitarist. Best wishes to Joe and his wife Lisa on their
current venture as they develop their organic farm in Washington
State. Charlie Elkind (www.charliescards.com)
assisted with the selection of clip art images.
Lioba
Logan has made many good link suggestions. Thank you,
Lioba, for staying in touch.
Santoshi
Tuschak deserves special mention for her proofreading
and editing assistance as well as her moral support and encouragement!
Many
thanks to Albert Amao, Bill Stimson (www.billstimson.com)
and Douglas Wilson for contributing writings
that will be posted at some point in the future.
Appreciation is extended to Axandra-Voget Selbach Enterprises,
GmbH for the complimentary use of their Arelis software,
ClipArt.com for graphics and images, and Positronic
Design and GoDaddy.Com for reliable
web hosting services. Page loads are tallied in real time by
StatCounter.com.
Also
thanks to Infacta Ltd. (www.infacta.com)
for the use of their Group Mail marketing software.
The kind folks at Hform.com Secure Forms (www.hform.com)
provided data handling services from their offices in Sweden
for the subscribe, comments and link submission forms. Animated
images were generated with excellent, easy-to-use graphics utilities
published by Alchemy Mindworks (www.alchemymindworks.com).
JustGive.org,
which is partnered with more than a million charities, and Groundspring.org,
a nonprofit organization associated with the
Tides Foundation, have been helpful in processing
online donations safely and securely.
My special heartfelt gratitude for everyone who has supported
this effort in many ways over the past eight years — many
individuals who provided link suggestions and words of encouragement,
while some also gave financial support. When first established,
this portal found its initial audience among hundreds of visitors
to Pumpkin Hollow Farm who were interested in meditation, yoga,
Therapeutic Touch and holistic healing, spirituality, comparative
religion, and similar topics and activities. Over the years,
the audience has grown to become much more diverse with the
continued expansion of the Internet. Supporters and helpers
have also included: Amanda Schiffman, Elizabeth Milkov,
Kathy Duhon, Conrad Putzig, Lioba Logan, Vicki Woodyard, Joy
Mills, Carol Cannon, Cheri Brady, Siji Kompanal, Charlene Vanderslice,
Jennifer Bouchard, Nelda Samarel, Vince Vitale, Doug Wallace,
Ann Folger, Eeva Zimmerman, Elisa DeStefano, Ritu Linhart, LeLy
Hayslip, Dorica Nevin, Peter Conlin, Sue Conlin, Margaret Stolz,
Tiffany Brown, Salomon Gill, Albert Amao, Nancy Griffis, Paul
Kittredge, John Milisenda, Viviane Hays, Stephanie Grey, Katrin
Bergstrome, Ted Lester, Ruth Adams, Fernando de Torrijos, Mary
Fran Raynor, Riff Masteroff, Truth Collins, Ruth Rivera, Pat
Moffitt Cook, Vicente Hao Chin, Valerie Cates, Jason Mark, Shashi
Tharoor, Deborah Shields, Alayne O’Reilly, Larry Wolf,
Beth Robinson, Cia Ricco, Mary Leue, Rick Jarow, Rod MacIver,
Jeff Volk, Jorge Alfano, Ed Tick, Cathy Jensen, Reba Perez,
Rich Watson, Luisa Porrata, Patricia Earnest, Joe Rautenstrauch,
Jorge Castilla, Ana Monjaras, Sonya Raymond, Janice Krish, Dorothy
Woods Smith, Patricia Hunt-Perry, Heidi Spitzer, Alex Villafranca,
Jeanne Abatemarco, Charlotte Rodgers, Georgeann Sgrosso, Judy
Anderson, Betsy Ungvarsky, Jim Caffrey, George Devine, Bill
Stimson, Patricia Abrams, Barbara Keller, Joan McDougall, Laraine
Lippe, Vicky Biondi, Amy Warcup, Jeanne O'Sullivan, Robert Corrington,
Santoshi Tuschak, Dashiell Smith, Beth Rosenthal, Jeffrey Zeth,
Ana Margarida Esteves and Doug Martin.
And
finally, sincere thanks to each and every person who has taken
a moment to visit.
Last
updated Nov. 11, 2010.
