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the post everyone wants to read and i don’t want to write

Posted on July 19, 2018 by thirdstoryies

House woes. I haven’t written any house stories in awhile for lots of different reasons. Mostly frustration, but also a fair share of caution in being careful about just how much I share here that’s still floating up in the air, undecided. When we started the process I warned that it would likely be a…

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bench thoughts

Posted on August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 by thirdstoryies

The bench in our bedroom at the foot of our bed is at least fifteen years old. It’s dark (fake) leather, tufted, with a deep storage well. It currently holds all the dress up clothes, castoffs from twenty halloween costumes, party favor hats and funny glasses, several versions of Harry Potter wands, and discarded recital-wear…

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project addition: carriage house elevations

Posted on October 24, 2016 by thirdstoryies

I just realized I’m telling this series of “stories” in a backward fashion – the garage will be the last thing constructed, not the first. But I’ll continue on in some sort of systematic fashion despite that. There’s no economy of scale anywhere in this project – we can’t pour all the foundations, lay all…

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