I am one lazy blogger today. Maybe Grace’s interview was so delightful (it was) I decided to leave it up, or maybe I’m in a fog because my daughter – who I swore just turned eight – heads off to junior high tomorrow. Most people remember at least one happy thing about school daze – [...]
Posted in Rock Chalk on Apr 5th, 2008
The Kansas Jayhawks play the North Carolina Tarheels this evening. Soon. They will play in San Antonio, but here in Lawrence, people are losing their minds. I know, I know, it’s just a stupid game – but when you live in the very center of the game, the damn Naismith birthplace of said stupid game [...]
Posted in family, Lawrence, new old house on Feb 3rd, 2008
As previously noted: my parents, the first official guests in our first official guest room, have been visiting for several days. These are not my parents. These are banana breads. Though sometimes – I think I am part banana bread. Today, our visitors will make their way back to Chicagoland, where they will most likely [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Jan 17th, 2008
Hanging stuff on the walls – your stuff, not just any old stuff – is clearly one of the last pieces of the new-home puzzle. It’s about making a place yours; embellishing the walls with your voice, softening the nooks and crannies and angles with the weight of your own treasures. And that’s what we’ve [...]
Posted in moving on Oct 11th, 2007
Tomorrow is moving day. We both have colds. Our daughter is on a camping trip, oblivious, which means now I have to tote her stuff, too. She’s 11, and as such no longer gets a free pass – she’s an extra pair of hands. Anyway, despite the enormous amount of crabbing and griping and sniping [...]
