We no long live in a newer house, so weekend chores never end

| July 1, 2025

When you’ve been in a house for 30 years (how is it possible that we built in 1995?), eventually you end up  remodeling, replacing and repairing nearly everything. Although I “thought” our house was well-built compared to most, eventually things wear out (replacing plumbing fixtures and valves last month with my granddaughter’s’ help – below) […]

Once again, a raccoon, I assume, has found an new entrance

| September 28, 2024

It has been a few years since the last raccoon has found a way to get into the house again, but it looks like one has made an entrance again.  I’ve tacked up heavy galvanized screens, screwed aluminum panels and trapped and trapped and trapped them over the years, but the raccoons that live in […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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