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Clearing snow has become a regular thing. The more we do it, the more accomplished we become. Shawn and I are developing patterns for clearing away the piles of fluffy white. We have also had a good time working together. In my most recent adventures of acclimating to a new house, in a new town,…

People talk about headspace as if it were magical and visited only rarely. Getting to the right place to write involves specific steps; clean the desk, the room, set up my tea, clean out the keyboard. Make the chair comfortable, and write. The world falls away and there I am, sunk in my imagination. Now…

As anyone who knows me can tell you, I collect my share of books, and everybody else’s ration as well. So when we talk about the library, we really mean a huge room full of books. Shawn and I are both collectors and we both reread and collect new books. Fon’t get me wrong, we…

We have some wonderful neighbors. This morning I was up early, but I never noticed them cleaning the fresh snow off my driveway or digging out my sidewalk. What a nice bunch of people: and while I can guess whom it might be, I can’t be sure. We’ll see if some careful snooping tells the…

This morning with a forecast of snow as a possibility, Shawn suggested we go over to my parents and help clear some of the ice away from the cars and from in front of the garage doors. We loaded up the heavy shovel, the tile scraper, and Shawn’s wheel chair along with a few other…

I have a wonderful friend who is painting the basement as a house warming gift. While engaged in this project, he also helped with the mind bending problem of the light fixture over the stairs. It looks like an ancient affair, crusted with dirt inside and out and obviously the bulb needed to be changed.…

A great friend of ours had a unique idea for a house warming gift. I picked out the colors and he is painting the downstairs rooms, what will be our library and the sitting room. He not only brought the paint, tools, and other necessities, he brought company for the job. We are thrilled to…

We were lucky enough to get on a list for a furnace inspection. This is to make sure our system is properly maintained, in good working order, and to recommend any work that might need to be done. Being in a new house this is particularly important and it was not very expensive when compared…

Six times yesterday I tried to get on the website and do a post and I finally gave up last night. Today I was calling Bryon and like magic it worked and here I am, writing away. I think my tech curse is alive and well. While being locked out, I thought of six or…

Ice managed to cover everything, more than an inch thick and making walking, driving, and stopping somewhat difficult. Cleaning the sidewalk, steps and the area around the vehicle seemed like a good place to start. We have a handy dandy tool. It is a tile scraper, used to scrape up tile floors. It lifts up…