Electronic age....

Seven AM on a glorious if slightly gloomy Friday. I just watched the ThinkBigWorkSmall webcast for the day. Making lemonade from lemons is always an appreciated message. I've spent the better part of the past few weeks setting and resetting my emails so one account feeds into a Gmail account. Some days it works for a few minutes, then stops completely. I'm just about to give up and face 2 email lists every day, all day. My phone gets them both, but I think I'll soon drop that feed, as it get's wayyy too confusing and hard to keep up with returning emails. Also, I have heavy thumbs when typing on a Blackberry keyboard and that gets annoying. Oh yeah, and I have to have my reading glasses on to really even see what I'm saying!
This weekend is ARTWALK Saturday night. I am looking forward to strolling around downtown and checking out a few shows. I know the rains will not be present. (I like thinking positively.) I haven't taken the time to join in at Artwalk in several months, so I think this week is the weekend.
Now, what's really up with real estate these days on the Island? It seems more active, especially on the West End. Here's a very brief overview:
West of the Seawall, in the Beach Communities, since April 1, there have been 97 sales closed with a median price of $253,000. The average price was quite a bit higher at $323,000. There were 6 sales over $900,000 and 8 sold for UNDER $100,000. I think that's showing some interest. In the same period of 2008, there were 120 closed sales with a median price of $325,000, and average of $394,000 and 9 over $900,000 with only 2 under $100,000. Not so bad for a slow economy and difficult lending situations, is it?
Speaking of beaches, here's a selection of decent Galveston beach reads- with a coffee table book or two thrown in.

!Galveston: A City on Stilts (General History: Texas)Galveston: A City on Stilts (General History: Texas)Galveston: A History of the Island (Chisholm Trail Series)GalvestonThe Galveston That Was (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities)Galveston: A HistoryWalking Historic Galveston-A Guide to its NeighborhoodsGalveston Architecture GuidebookThe Alleys and Back Buildings of Galveston: An Architectural and Social History (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities)The Prostitutes of Post Office Street (Sol Books Prose Series)