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Consider a Wordpress Blog. They can be set up to look like a website, as opposed to a blog. I've been setting up a lot of these recently, and they just made a software upgrade that makes creating a blog extremely easy. Also, wordpress makes publishing articles very easy. With an HTML website, you would need to re-configure the page to ad the article and link. With a Blog, it does all of that for you.

If you do the go the Wordpress route, PM me with any questions you may have. I did set up a blog for my business which I'm not sure if I can link to. But will give you an example.

I also know a bit of HTML, but these days, I would strongly suggest a blog as opposed to a website. As well, a Wordpress blog comes with free hosting and all of the available software is free.

Timewise, I would guess you could have a blog within an hour. The most difficult thing is coming up with a Logo and header image that you are happy with.