all a flutter in here. and what about this rain?

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Because of the truck incident (see Wake Up Call) we didn’t get to go to the Hamilton family reunion this year.  Levon worked that day and I felt rather mopey so I called Grandmother on the hill to hear about what food she was bringing.  My Aunt Gail answered and we talked about the karaoke [...] Continue Reading »

a laundry line is good for transparency

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We sold the dryer a while back to raise capital, before the NYC spanking debacle.  And since then we only do laundry on sunny days.  The free standing rack we got at IKEA can’t always hold the weight when a sunny day coincides with the initiative to tackle the laundry heap.  Usually we have to [...] Continue Reading »

from the nyloft hostel in bushwick, brooklyn

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(from both) We’re sitting in the community kitchen of our home for the week, overhearing a German group making dinner.  We need the pot to cook our pasta.  This place is nice, when you are in the building.  Its a little piece of Ikea.  From the street its a residustrial landscape of graffiti and blowing [...] Continue Reading »