Trees and Tea

It’s been a mixed bag this week with Laine’s dad recovering from a bacterial infection, but we spent a lot of time making the condo smell nice.

Today was for real for real the last day of hired labor in service to the overcursed basement. We handed the plumber a check (no handshake) and said we’d call them sometime in December for a final cleaning before we’re ready to repaint the floor. I’m so ready to talk about something else but we’re…

Today’s setback is an unexpected and inexplicable 4 inch drain pipe to the front of the house, uncovered while redoing the basement lavatory plumbing 3 feet underground. Maybe downspout related? Who knows. But our plumber will arrive in the morning to finish the job for real for real. ISTG we will eventually post more than…

A setback in the overcursed basement today. This morning’s inspection revealed water all up in the trenches from yesterday’s 13 hour rain event and effort exposed a sewer line blockage (likely from flash flooding last year) in the backyard that took several hours and $500 extra dollars to clear. The house pooped for the first…

We’re on day three of the overcursed 102 year old cast iron plumbing exorcism.

A third place is a place that isn’t home, but it isn’t a workplace. They are vital for civil society, democracy, civic engagement and establishing feelings of a sense of place. They are where communities are formed, nourished, and strengthened.

Not going to attempt to address [gestures broadly] all that, but I am #LOGGING-ON to announce that I have officially cold-turkey quit Zuckerberg’s internet, both Facebook and Instagram. I will faithfully maintain this blob at least once a week (which was about the rate I used Instagram) and let our friends know what we’re up…

At least one weirdo (HI ELLEN*) asked us to start a damned blog because we’ve functionally stopped using social media to communicate since our artificial intelligence overlords scrape our content for nefarious purposes and we don’t give away our evil labor, we save it for our friends. WE’RE REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU or WE’RE SORRY…