I chose the title and layout for this blog some time back when I was just playing around and not sure I even wanted to blog. The more now that I stare at the orange banner, the more I want to change.
I’m limited, I think, to the standard layout templates Blogger provides, so mine will still look like a kazillion others out there. But within those confines I’ve chosen several to preview. I need your input. Check out each of the previews below, and vote for the one you prefer I use.
Feel free to tell me to ditch all four and go back to the drawing board, if that is your opinion.
The polls are now open…
Thanks!
#1 (the current configuration)
#2
#3
#4
Somber and Dull 
I like two or three. . . IMO, the most important thing is whether it is readable, easy on the eyes, with plenty of white space. (And yes, I have a large print Bible, too — have since I was 17!)One of the sites I like content-wise I rarely visit because it is so hard to read.
Three is my choice with two as a close, close 2nd. Both are readable, pleasing to the eye, warm, coffee and cream-like. :-)Gail
#3 seems to fit your content and style, although I am partial to #4 with a different color scheme… but that is the one that I use on my blog and it fits ME well… not necessarily you:-)
I think there’s too much background mess in #2, so I vote no to that one. I don’t see anything inherently wrong with the current scheme, but I do like #3 or #4 (#3 for the color, #4 for the font, but the excessive whiteness of #4 is very, very, white).
I, being steeped in the International Style, am partial to #4. I like the cleanness and the font. However, since I read the blog via Mail, I rarely have/get to see it, unless I post. So take my opinion (keep in mind it is an aesthetically trained opinion 🙂 ) for what it is.
I vote for either 2 or 3: something about the brown with the “somber and dull”.
I haven’t seen any blogs with 4, so that might be a good reason to go with that one, along with the attractive font.
I too like #2; I’m partial to brown, and had the same thought as another commenter about the brown fitting with somber and dull.–ae