Words
I have become enchanted again by words. Writing almost every day for the past four months has set me on …
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Concrete Plans and Wattles
Two events that occurred today were absolutely antithetical to each other and a third that is just downright unique to …
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Forty days and forty nights. Forty is a mystical number in many spiritual writings. One Greek scholar told me that …
You Don’t Want Your House Built With Statistics
Today was a day of numbers. I fussed with insulation R-values in the morning and window glazing U-values in the …
The Saddest Day
I cannot tell if today or the first time I saw the rubble of my house was the saddest. The …
It Had to Happen: The Dreaded Coffee Stain
The new replacement stuff is not new. It is stained. This morning we were enjoying a cup of coffee in …
Returning Home
Tonight is the third time that I have returned to our temporary house from a trip. Thankfully it was over …
Fire Math, aka We Need a Vacation
Dealing with all this fire stuff is wearing us out. It is endless. Just when you feel like something is …
Building One Home 