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Category Archives: House
Lawn-mowing as displacement activity
The grass and the lawn mower don’t care whether I’m angry. Continue reading
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Waiting . . . .
I particularly don’t care for them because I don’t like machinery trying to think for me. Continue reading
One woe doth tread upon another’s heel
Now the washing machine has burned out (it needs a new motor, clutch, and basket), which was to be expected after sixteen or seventeen years, but . . . as though I have money to be buying appliances now.
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This week’s esoteric projects
For the last week or so, I’ve been registering my Bouchercon book cache with BookCrossing. Continue reading
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The house smells like solvents this morning
The urethane foam he’s using has a really strong VOC stink to it. Continue reading
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Three hundred fifty dollars
My task is to have my minuscule closet dismantled so they can get into the attic. Continue reading
Dod-dern it . . .
Just when I thought I had the varmints under control, I caught a rat. Continue reading
It’s empty
L whacked down a bunch of bamboo from the back corner of the lot, where it was encroaching (as usual) and getting out of hand (again). Continue reading
Nine barrow-loads later
I’ve emptied about half the compost pen. Continue reading
Slaughter in the herb garden
I have a feeling that I need to make a batch of rosemary jelly, which I haven’t done these past fifteen years. Continue reading
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