Yesterday I drove to Maine to check on the renovations being done at The Inn. It had been a busy week and, as I... Read More
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… on seeing oneself in the mirror (or reflections on lunacy)
Oh dear Lord. Do you think if you see yourself clearly in the mirror and crack yourself up that it is going to result in... Read More
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… on the wait for a window
When we bought the house in Maine, more than a decade ago, and set to work on renovating it, one of the places we... Read More
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… on found stuff (and evening the score)
Dear Sam, I know! Cool right?! It’s a mousetrap! There are five little holes drilled in the side, beneath each steel thing-a-ma-bub. You push the... Read More
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… on ‘the other’ body of water
I don’t know if I’ve ever shared pics of the ‘other body of water’ on our street in Maine, which is kind of odd... Read More
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… on warm rocks
So there is this cool thing that happens outside the Maine house in the early spring, when the ice isn’t very thick in our... Read More
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… on renovating and mistakes (and recovering from them)
I absolutely love renovating. Redecorating. Heck, just moving things around is a lot of fun. I know, sounds trite right? But there is something... Read More
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… on changes and change… oh and changes
There were a lot of things we forgot to check out before we put an offer on our house in Maine in 2005. As... Read More
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… on considerations of an office
It was just about 7:30 in the morning when I took this pic. My fingers were screaming at me to bring them someplace warm and... Read More
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… on a decade of cows and the sea
Down the driveway, down the road, around a small curve and over a rise are Mr. McGovern’s cows. I realized, as I was on... Read More
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… on faith, or fate, or what the fuh
I am big on faith. Not so much the religious kind, and most of my religious friends bear with me on this. Which is... Read More
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… on a feel good for a friday
When we were kicking around the decision to move to Maine, we got many different reactions. Wow! Cool! What?! And there was a lot... Read More