Category Archives: Neighborhood

The world immediately around us

Go ahead . . . bake my quiche

Posted on May 18, 2003 by Marchbanks

This afternoon I agreed to be a house captain for the homes tour. Continue reading →

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Last overtime

Posted on May 15, 2003 by Marchbanks

After almost six years of living here, I suppose I ought to meet my neighbors. Continue reading →

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It’s all knowing where to get it from . . . .

Posted on March 18, 2003 by Marchbanks

Moral:  When you want something from the city, ask a former city bureaucrat to do it. Continue reading →

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A walk around the block

Posted on February 18, 2003 by Marchbanks

Well, two blocks, really . . . or one BIIIIG block . . . or some damned subdivision of the city. Continue reading →

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Hey little girl . . . wanna survey my neighborhood?

Posted on January 25, 2003 by Marchbanks

The survey will be used to create an animal called a Neighborhood Conservation Combining District. Continue reading →

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. . . nor any drop to drink

Posted on January 22, 2003 by Marchbanks

Somebody from the city’s water and wastewater department came by and banged on the front door to notify us that water on our block would be cut off at five this afternoon, to let them do work on a storm sewer project. Continue reading →

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One light pole, de-metallicized

Posted on September 27, 2002 by Marchbanks

The best I can tell, I pulled out something between three and four pounds of hardware total. Continue reading →

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Um. WELL, then.

Posted on September 11, 2002 by Marchbanks

I bent over to pick up a nail I’d dropped—and split the front seam in my shorts! Continue reading →

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Yes, it was a strange thing to do. I did it anyway. I’m pleased I did. I’ll do it again if I feel like it.

Posted on September 10, 2002 by Marchbanks

Nobody was sure whether I was a city employee, part of a neighborhood beautification program, a wandering nut, or what. Continue reading →

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Homes Tour Days

Posted on June 18, 2001 by Marchbanks

When I get around to trying to undo the remuddles in my own kitchen, I’m going to do what I can to make something like what would have been in the house around 1940, including a period gas range, if I can afford one. Continue reading →

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