Home Ownership Not Required!
“The fellow (or gal) who owns their own home is always just conducting a Yelp search for a reliable tradesperson.”
Plan Now to Grow Old and Die
“I intend to live forever or die trying.” ~ Groucho Marx
A KitchenAid Pro Mixer Lament
Just the sight of the KitchenAid pro mixer stirs the slurry of regret that lingers at the bottom of my heart.
This is Not My Beautiful House
“A man’s home is his wife’s castle.”
Staging IS Rather Silly, Isn’t It?
Why can’t we do something more sustainable?
Wharton, Hemingway and Strange Houses
Reading time: 3 minutes and 22 seconds I’ve been watching the new Ernest Hemingway documentary on PBS and really enjoying […]
Smells Like Steam Spirit
Your vintage 1940s ruffled bib apron goes nicely with your pressure cooker, as does your Blue Willow china.
Scrap the Sentimental: A Worthy Thanksgiving Tradition
Keeping sentimental stuff around is – honestly – just sad.
Dialogue: Closet v Bedroom, Drawer v Crib
“My crib contained a pillow with Karl Marx on one side and Engels on the other. It was Berkeley in the late 70s, after all…”
“The Nicest Word”
“In other houses there were people, there must be lights, but they were too far away to seem real.”