Saw at a ‘farm’ in Virginia, one of those lovely quaint, labor intensive fences built of twigs and branches. Always loved the idea. This property is lined on one side by a rock-piled- carefully laid, stone wall. Well, part of a wall, someone has helped themselves to about 30 feet of it, closest to the …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
Temporary?
After Sarah leaves, there is 15 minutes left on the clock until closing time, 11 bodies still on chairs in the room and the #60 up on the board. As I am holding #71 I start to think about ”Wanna Borrow a Jack”* when I hear my name called. I walk to the front of …
Sarah
Wearily plopped down in a chair at a long table to wait my picture turn. If there had been a casting call for the part, whatever it was, she would have been picked immediately on sight with her short-cut-dyed-brownish-black bob, white ruffled blouse, rubenesque figure. She was seated perpendicular to me, at the table’s end. …
The ‘Dumb Blonde’ of DMV’s
Not even quite sure what happened. But here in PA getting a new DMV license is an all day affair. Apparently about 4 years ago, the state privatized part of the process. God forbid you need to register your car title. That is so confusing, car companies charge extra. Compared to experiences in other states, …
Hey You!
Am sitting in the kitchen, having just finished my monthly ‘book work’, the sun is out following another bout of rain, it is mid afternoon, Outside the window, is a bird house on a pole and two other feeders hanging off the lip of the roof at the edge of the porch. Two days …
Three Lessons Learned
The difference between an electric screw and a wood screw. i hung two of the three light fixtures. Due to the residue of the power outages everywhere, no electrician was available to come and hang my fixtures. It had been 30 years since i did one, but some things really never change. At the coffee …
A House is Decadent
Never before would I have thought this, but after living in a one bedroom apartment in a large city, I have come to see a house as extravagant. There is so much room in the bathroom, I could have 5 others in there with me. A basement. An Attic. A kitchen large enough to feed …
It Began with the Sun
Upon awaking, the sun was shinning. Shinning. I was concerned that I had been transported to the Pacific Northwest these past days, so much rain! And my house is in a pine grove and pine trees can fall over. So the sun was a most welcome sight. There is a theory that highly efficient people …
The Next Day
Dead to the world I heard and remember nothing. When I awoke this morning I thought before looking at the clock it was likely 7;30. Rather it was 9:45. Dressed and working on loose ends upstairs I hear a knock on the door. This is unexpected because it is wet and rainy. I can’t see …
Still Moving In
After 13 hours of straight physical labor, I reminded myself how gloriously exhausting physical labor is. As I had electricity I could listen to Keb Mo sing. ‘Government Cheese’ . ‘All She Wants to do is Dance’. ‘Don’t Shave Your Legs..’. When I wasn’t listening to KM was listening to the course material for Permaculture …