Mud Season
In snow country there are five seasons. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud. After the fire we thought we could …
Category Archives: Building Home Again
I Feel Like I Live in a Lamp Store
Today we discovered that it was important to have things to move to the new house. We did not want …
An Alice in Wonderland Sort of Day
I am not the world’s biggest fan of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. I appreciate it but I am also …
My Name is Sophie. I Like to Run.
My name is Sophie. I like to run. Running is good. It makes your ears flap in the breeze. I …
Brooding
Sometimes it is good to go inside of ourselves and brood a bit. Brooding is a dark, deep examination of …
And the Deer Came Tumbling By
When we heard the noise we did not know what it was. Sometimes the wind howls and slams into houses …
What We Did Not Lose is Music.
When we were at the visiting, not quite courting stage my spouse discovered that I had guitar. I did not …
Sophie’s Ode to the Chicken Bite on the End Table
Not living in our own home seems to create behaviors in us that were not there before. I, for example, …
Ordinary Sustains Us in the Extraordinary
We pay attention to our shoes when they hurt or are strange. If they are just like we expect them …
Throwing in the Towel, Bathtubs of 2013
My bathroom is going to be long and skinny. It is 6 1/2 feet wide and 15 feet long. We …
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