Around The House

Is The World Square?

July 17, 2003

No, the world is not square. The epicenter of the world these past days was our porch and it is most certainly not square. This makes remodeling difficult. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were spent replacing the roof of our side porch. I was helped on-and-off by various other people, but I was “the man” responsible [...]

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Besting Myself

June 21, 2003

Last Saturday for Evan’s birthday I cooked spiedies outside over a fire for him. That was plenty of adventure and work, but today I did even more. Though I am known to occasionally make work for myself, I generally don’t do it without reason. The reason for cooking out a second weekend in a row [...]

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Evan’s Birthday

June 16, 2003

Evan’s birthday was this past Saturday. He turned ten. It is a tradition in this family that a person gets to choose their birthday meal. Evan wanted to have something cooked outside over a fire. He asked me if I would cook spiedies outside for him. I agreed. Dad cannot stand the taste of food [...]

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Happenings

May 23, 2003

Well, I feel I ought to give my readers a bit of an explanation. I’ve been gone for a rather long stretch of time, and perhaps some of you are wondering why. To fill you all in briefly: Last week on Tuesday and Wednesday I spent my writing time working on Marilyn’s book proposal. Marilyn [...]

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Cleaning Out The Chicken Coop

April 29, 2003

Today was a fine spring day. The air was warm, the sky was blue, and the grass was green. It was one of those days when the colors of the world seem sharp and extra clear. I walked around outside in a short-sleeved shirt. Only a week ago snow was falling. An odd juxtaposition? Such [...]

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A Hard Day

April 27, 2003

While pruning the apple trees this spring I noticed extensive bark damage on two trees, similar to damage I saw on the third apple tree last year. Since the problem was mostly located on a single tree last year, I simply removed the affected bark and took a wait-and-see attitude. That was probably not a [...]

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Tending The Apple Trees

April 21, 2003

On Friday the apple tree I bought from St. Lawrence Nurseries arrived. It came while I was out, and I didn’t get back until late in the day, exhausted from working. The tree was supposed to be planted as soon as possible, and since it wasn’t a cheap plant, I didn’t feel at leisure to [...]

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Fixing the Dryer

April 19, 2003

The first thing to go was the igniter. We have a propane dryer, and if the igniter doesn’t work there is no flame. With no flame there is no heat, and with no heat there is no hot air to dry clothes. When our clothes showed no sign of drying even after a long time [...]

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Rundy’s Law

April 13, 2003

The weather was great yesterday. With clear skies and the temperature up in the sixties, it was a perfect time for outside work. I took advantage of the fine day and painted the trim for the bathroom. This job languished on the to do list for a year, and I was very pleased to finish [...]

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