Still trying to make the house presentable, but I’m getting closer to success. I’m up to the point where I’m hiding the liquor. We don’t want to give the impression that we ‘drink’ no matter how true it might be. The bottles have been setting out on the kitchen counter, in easy reach. Dressing them […]
Read More...I bought a new living room rug this week. I ripped up the carpet a couple of years ago, while having a crisis of the faith, writing wise. I had an agent interested, but not exactly interested in the book I was trying to sell, I was waiting on what was eventually a rejection from […]
Read More...I am the dubious owner of a crystal chandelier. It came with the house. I can’t help it, and I can’t make it go away. The dining room is huge. We’ve just inherited a clawfoot antique table that could seat twelve. We’re doing, genteel poverty/faded grandeur without even breaking a sweat. There is no way […]
Read More...We’re two weeks out from Valentine’s Day, and the males in the house are getting nervous. Not all of them. I assume Mohawk the cat will be getting me a mouse. And the dog figures will lower my blood pressure by insisting on receiving a full massage and ear scratch. They never have trouble with […]
Read More...In a week and a half, we will be hosting spaghetti night for the swim team. #1 son is already mortified at the prospect. Possibly because he is a teenager and everything about his family is bound to embarrass him. It’s our job. But also because he’s noticed that, compared to other people, his family […]
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