About …
A few things about me — my why — and my business.
Words, images, and design are exciting to me! Learning to work on my own website and subsequently building websites for others started a creative process that still brings me joy. It’s an artistic experience, akin to sewing a beautiful quilt, creating a painting, or writing a story. When the process is complete, the object comes to life with a unique energy and shares a message that reflects the person behind the idea, their values, and their passions. It’s a beautiful process!
Because I’ve also experienced allowing someone else to work with me on a project close to my heart, I understand how vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable this can feel. As a result, I take the responsibility and privilege of helping you build your website and learn how to maintain it in a thoughtful and sensitive way. This website is intended to be an example of my work and to showcase options for you as you decide what you desire for your own website regarding appearance and design, specific features, the way your site will communicate who you are, what you are passionate about, as well as what you offer to others, and the general feeling and energy of who you are and what’s important to you.
I live in Northern Vermont, and I’m grateful to be able spend time in such a beautiful part of the world.
Since 2003, I’ve been helping people create and build online businesses. In 2006, I launched my first website and learned to work with WordPress and develop marketing strategies that followed Google’s guidelines. I’m a self-taught designer who blends analytical and creative thinking. I enjoy designing websites that are both functional and visually appealing. And I truly enjoy helping others achieve success.
I have a bachelor’s degree in Biology. My passion for marine biology and the ocean led me on a 20-year adventure in the Carribean, where I became a licensed US Coast Guard captain and professional sailor in the US Virgin Islands. There, I worked in various roles: taking tourists sailing on day sails, week-long charters, running privately owned yachts for individuals who needed someone to care for their beautiful boats, and teaching people unfamiliar with marine environments how to sail, snorkel, and appreciate the beauty of a coral reef. I loved the sailor’s life!
My husband and I met while living in the US Virgin Islands, and sailing was an adventure we shared. When we started our family, we moved to Northern Vermont, where Mark grew up, and we raised our family and spent our professional years. Now retired, we both feel grateful to live in and travel to beautiful places, spending our time on what is meaningful and what brings us joy.
I am now in a new phase of self-discovery. As I delve into the spiritual realm, I recognize the importance of energetics and alignment. I’m currently working on certifications as a Shaman, Druid, Reiki Master, and Somatic Healer.
As a web designer, I help people create something that expresses their purpose and dreams.
I genuinely love the process of bringing people’s aspirations to life in a visual and energetic form through a website.
💫 Peg Desrochers
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Why the name Chaco Webworks?
I chose the name “Chaco Webworks” to honor the magic of the Anasazi, the significance of their spiritual connection, along the incredible accomplishments of their advanced lifestyle at such an early stage of civilization.
It’s my way of connecting and blending ancient wisdom with advanced techniques. Similarly, as I design your website, I will do my best to connect and blend the energetics of you and your business, and to explain who you are and what you do. This sensitivity is something I continually work on, pay attention to, and am proud to incorporate into your brand and your website.
I believe the energetics behind your project is the most important part of explaining and advertising what you do, as well as creating the success you want.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, USA.
Chaco Canyon made an impression on me at an early age!
I visited the US Southwest Desert for the first time when I was 10 years old. My father, a University Professor in Biology, had a lifelong passion for nature and history, as well as a curiosity about the land’s indigenous peoples. We moved and traveled frequently, and had lots of adventures as kids. Throughout those adventures, my Dad would tell us long and detailed stories about the people, the land, its history, and the flora and fauna of the places we were visiting.
While living in the Southwest, we traveled to many historical sites and active pueblos; the most memorable one for me was Chaco Canyon. Chaco was the religious center for the Anasazi people, who inhabited the area beginning in the mid-800s. They were an advanced civilization, far more sophisticated than others of their time.
Here’s a quote (paraphrased) from the US National Park Service to help explain:
“Pueblo descendants say that Chaco was a special gathering place where many peoples and clans converged to share their ceremonies, traditions, and knowledge. It was the center of a thriving culture a thousand years ago. The monumental scale of its architecture, the complexity of its community life, the high level of its social organization, and its far-reaching commerce created a cultural vision unlike any other seen before or since.”
Even as a young child, I found the energy of Chaco Canyon palpable. It was my first exposure to and connection with a spiritual place and a culture deeply tied to ancient wisdom and universal energy.