Category Archives: House Things
LOCK-OUT
For the past month or two, I’ve had a growing sense of concern nipping at the back of my mind that I may have lost the key to our screen porch door lock. And by lost I mean put it in a very special place that I could no longer remember, for safekeeping over the winter. And by [...]
FAREWELL, DEAR ABBY
Last Friday, not far from where I live, Dear Abby breathed her last, leaving this earthly home for another. But her legacy, as they say, lives on. And, at R-house, it lives on here: On a simple pink couch that, we are told, once belonged to the advice queen herself – and now belongs to [...]
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CLEANING HOUSE
When you’ve had a week filled with vivid reminders about just how much of life you have absolutely no control over it can be therapeutic to find a place where you do have some control even if it means that after an hour or two on your knees you’ve only changed the color of three rows of kitchen tiles and you [...]
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THANKFUL
for the dinged up floor in our living room because it means we have a living room and a floor and a roof to match and shoes that scrape against the wood and feet to wear them and legs to carry them and lives that take us in and out and back and forth and [...]
Also posted in Celebrating, Heart Things, Inspiring, Messy Things, Thanking, Wise Things, Wording Tagged floors, House Things, Thanksgiving 1 Comment
THE TUBE CASE
Just then a grey sedan drove slowly up my alley, pointed its wheels into my driveway, pulled in, and stopped. A tall gentlemen stepped out. "Hello," he said. "I'm Richard (Secret Last Name). I grew up in this house."
But I had already guessed as much before he said a word.
COOL
The heat index is rising up here in the loft office. Which I much, much prefer to the winter alternative, when I’m forced to wear fingerless gloves and scarves and hats and four layers of sweaters for months on end. Except that… I’ve got this somewhat-confused heat-handling system in this crazy self of mine and, [...]
PUSHY, PUSHY
Today was the day. With no ballgames, choir concerts, or even kids on the agenda, it was finally time to step foot in my very-loney yard as if I were the actual person in charge of this small piece of the world, which I am. I slipped on my shoes and surveyed the situation. - [...]
Also posted in Everyday Things, Finding, Junking, Random Things Tagged exercise, House Things, Junk, R-Yard 1 Comment
ALL A-FLUTTER
For the past three days, every time I come in or out of R-house, I have had a friend waiting for me at the front door. This evening I stood on my front step and watched – in awe – as my butterfly launched into a Dancing with the Stars-worthy performance – fluttering over, around, [...]
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SOMETHING’S MISSING