Category Archives: REALITY

It's on everyone's mind these days, whether you're wondering how to pay the mortgage this month or whether you're canceling that trip to France. Where there was barely enough macaroni and cheese, there's half of that now. Steve Ersinghaus asks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oh poo. Likely there's no converting the freebie gas range since it's too old. (Another marketing trick–I'm sure there's a way!) So that means some kind of new replacement is necessary–or else I dress up warm and use the outdoor … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well the stove problem got fixed cheap and easy: my sister-in-law had one 10 years younger I could have for free. This eliminates the need to make the decision on a real good unit before we’re ready to redo the … Continue reading →

A good meal, cheap and deliciously varied; unlimited supply of shrimp in a dozen different ways. Raw clams and oysters, scallops, beef and pork and chicken and birthday fluff of whipped cream over carrot cake and 'Happy Birthday' sung by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Joni Mitchell–one of the many who started the changes in America.(Thank God she's older than me!) Continue reading →

For the first time in all my years, I intentionally waited until morning to set the clocks back. I thought it'd be more fun to see that "extra" hour reveal itself and enjoy it rather than just sleep through it. Continue reading →

Likely one of the hardest jobs there is, to be a good parent. To watch over yet teach to stand alone. To always make the right decision when it comes to safety yet allow for fun and experience. In Westfield, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Coming to realize that it's time again to pick up the machete and strike out on new paths. Looking back to see where I have been, the short trails leading off to deadending cul-de-sacs that kept me going around and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not a biggie, just the start of holidays ahead and thinking of the people we've left behind and lost somewhere to time. And a presidential election that makes me sad. Continue reading →

These are without a doubt the best mousetraps, but I couldn’t imagine this poor mouse’s experience sometime during the night in the shop. Evidently he got caught in the little one, which flew up and landed on the bigger trap … Continue reading →

Just have to share this, a phone call just now from a customer not happy with her choice of frame on a particular piece and wondering if we can change it.  Of course, I say. Her reason for disappointment? The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not my best, and a bit burnt on the edges, but when you end up using the Weber  gas grill to bake a pie, at least you know that you can. It’s a question of should the old gas stove … Continue reading →

Barthes' theory of writerly versus readerly text is a constant with me now, and I find proof of it again and again as I relate my own perspective to a writing, often coming up with something not likely the main … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Okay, you get one shot of me here because I’m rather proud of having given myself a fairly decent haircut, almost like my mother used to do but without the high layered back beyond a feeble inch or so. I’ve … Continue reading →

A strange one today. After waffling on whether I should go bring framing samples to a man the next town over who telephones and claims he has a Yale degree to frame but cannot drive, I finally decide that I … Continue reading → Continue reading →