Category: domestic bliss
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I took on another home improvement project this past weekend—painting the bedroom. It's Devine Paints Storm, a deep charcoaly-turquoisey-blue. In some light it's almost navy, othertimes deep green, in morning light it's turquoise. The color; exactly the same shade the mountains in the distance appear at dusk from the living room window, also compliments the…
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At last, I got around to putting this Marimekko fabric on stretchers. It's been languishing in the trunk of my car for nearly a year, until I could find stretchers long enough–it's a single repeat of 50" x 90"! I love this print, it reminds me of the birch trees in Door County and the…
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Standing in the kitchen yesterday morning, coffee cup steaming, I was getting used to the idea of being awake when I noticed that the neighbors had tightly closed the aluminum blind in their window across from my kitchen. Anyone in a rental knows that these ubiqui-hideous blinds can be closed to varying degrees–sorta slated down…
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This sibling portrait arrived with the skaters painting–the frame needs replacing, but the faces are the same. It looks good above the fireplace, but it's strange to see us looking back at me. On occasion, walking by it quickly, I get the eery feeling that I'm in the old house, that it's 1989 and I'm…
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Mom had this painting sent to me last week (thanks Uncle Bill). It hung for years in our entry hallway in Fondy, then in Mom's apartment on Diversey, then at Grandma Mickey's while Mom's been abroad. I'll be lucky if the plant next to it will last a fraction of that time. I've always loved…
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I have become a lazy bastard, addicted to the comforts of a couch and fireplace. The room containing these luxuries does not contain the computer. My new couch arrived in December, just in time for dark nights that begin at 4pm and the launch of a new local tv station that airs Seinfeld twice each…
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A roaring fire, NetFlix and a new batch of yarn, what could make a winter day better?
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Happy Holidays!
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Christmas circa 1990 (?) Well, we blew it this year! Next year, we're all getting together, we better! We had such a good time together in Portland (though missing Peg, Ryan and Stella) last year…despite having Christmas in the Shoebox Apartment. This year, I have all this space and even the picturesque hearth….and no visiting…
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The skies opened up this week, the leaves are mush on the ground and winter is setting in…time to see if the fireplace works! Not as hardy as my neighbor with a stack of cord wood in her parking spot, I opted for the girly DuraFlame log-in-a-package, and yes, I updgraded to the "Crackle" model,…
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