Around The House

March is Going Out Like a Lamb

March 30, 2004

After the miserable snowy weather in the middle of March the month has made a dramatic turn for the better in these last few days. It started on Sunday the 28th which dawned clear and sunny. The day followed in the steps of the morning and Monday kept up the same and today as well. [...]

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How Many Does It Take to Change a Light Fixture?

February 16, 2004

Changing a light fixture is supposed to be one of those simple easy things. How hard can it be? Well, in our defense, it depends on what light fixture you’re trying to replace, and what house you’re working in. In a very old house fixing anything is difficult, and sometimes it can seem downright impossible. [...]

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Hitting The Bottom

January 30, 2004

I think we’ve hit the bottom of winter. This is to say I think we’re past the half way mark, not that the worst is over. I certainly hope the worst is over, but sometimes winter gives the worst in the second half. It’s been a pretty tough first half of the winter, so I’m [...]

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Rat on the Loose

January 18, 2004

The first hint that we had a rat on the loose in the house was the hole in the bathroom wall. I was the first person to notice the hole. There was some irony in the discovery. The room in this house that has most recently been refurbished . . . the best looking room [...]

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The Vile Toilet

October 28, 2003

I flushed the toilet. But it didn’t flush. At first I was unfazed by the toilet’s rapid filling with water. We have a new toilet, but unfortunately it is a disobedient one. Far too often it acts rebellious when asked to flush. Sometimes it will fill threateningly all the way up to the top with [...]

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Applesauce Sunday

October 11, 2003

Last Sunday was a day to make applesauce. It is a group effort due to the amount of labor involved in cutting up all the apples, cooking them down to sauce, sending the cooked pulp through the Squeez-o and then canning the applesauce. It becomes something of an all afternoon festival around here. I like [...]

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Isabella

September 23, 2003

Contrary to the great hype coming from some quarters, Hurricane Isabella

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Labor Day Weekend

September 4, 2003

As I mentioned in a previous letter, the 4th of July and the adjacent weekend were times for visiting with my father’s side of the family. This Labor Day it was my mother’s side of the family. This gathering was not so big as the July reunions, but it was held at our place. While [...]

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First This, Then That

August 3, 2003

Cleaning Up Not this Saturday, but last Friday and Saturday (July 25 and 26)I cleaned up the debris of the fallen willow tree. I was not looking forward to this project because it would be both mind-numbing and labor intensive. Two or so years ago when I was cleaning up from the big maple tree [...]

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Work, Work, Work . . .

July 24, 2003

Haying Last Sunday was a hay crazy day. Two people wanted help haying, same day, same time. At first Arlan and Lachlan were going to try and do Ingrid W. and Kim D. (who were going in on hay together) as quickly as they could with my help and then go work for Frank the [...]

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