Posted in new old house, Rock Chalk on Mar 17th, 2008
Here is your day-late look at Steaming Sunday. Josie made this most excellent “DAD” mug for Greg on his birthday a few years back, at one of those paint-your-own ceramics places. Now it has a nice crackly patina and coffee rings at the bottom. It’s well-loved. The news below it, of course, is basketball news [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2008
So, we went away. And it was lovely, and now, sadly, we are back. Back to the cold last night, in time for the Oscars. I enjoy a good trip. But what I really enjoy, what I really excel at, is the “pre-trip.” I make lists. Pre-trip lists. Lists with categories like “to get at [...]
Posted in Holiday on Jan 1st, 2008
Yesterday, for the first time, I asked my new kitchen to work very hard for me. I asked it to think like a bakery kitchen, and to hand me everything I needed fast, like a good sous chef. I asked it not to mind if I stirred things up… …and to look the other way [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 28th, 2007
When we left our old house back in October, we bid adieu to one workhorse of a refrigerator. She was a plain-Jane appliance department special with a solid white door and sensible shelves and served us well for years, working in the background as a dowdy but reliable member of the team. So our choice [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2007
There are many things I like to do in the new old house. I like ice skating across the wood floors in socks – next time I’ll put Swiffers on my feet – I like shoveling snow up to my red door, and once or twice a day I throw loving glances at my fireplace. [...]
