Making My Hearth Happy
Upon removing the current hearth (a mix of original and later tiles), all the tiles would get stored behind the metal fireplace grate.
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This is a political post. If interested please scroll down…. For several years now I have been repeating: The Republican party has one agenda: to harm the American people. Their only partial exception: The very rich,…
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This is a political post. If interested please scroll down…. For several years now I have been repeating: The Republican party has one agenda: to harm the American people. Their only partial exception: The very rich, which the GOP helps to…
Continue ReadingI Keep Saying…
This is a political post. If interested please scroll down…. The other day I did a post about recent horrors being inflicted upon the American people by the Republican party. This…
Continue ReadingMiss Asia
Miss Asia came into my life in, I think, 2010. She was part of a four kitten litter. Their mama was Lucy, a stray which got into my fenced yard to have her babies. After she finished nursing I never saw her again. That same year I had already saved two litters, each…
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This is a political post. If interested please scroll down…. For several years now I have been repeating: The Republican party has one agenda: to harm the American people. Their only partial…
Continue ReadingThe Conclusion. Sorta.
My previous post. Yesterday proved not as bad as anticipated. The liquid was not tasty but not ghastly. Somebody suggested mixing it with 7-UP. I will do that next time. Oddly, I was never hungry all day. Oddly, I didn’t miss…oh, the horror…not drinking. I began taking the liquid at noon and stopped at…
Continue ReadingMy Looming Notfunness
So, y’all know I have been through a lot this past year, health-wise. Good news: I am in much better shape now than I was a year ago. Until last August I never had health insurance so going to a doctor was something fraught with financial terror. But, since August, I now have Medicare, Plan…
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I knew that to change the black to another color, there was NO WAY I was going to carefully, tediously repaint a new color around all the molded leaves. My first thought was to remove and…
Continue ReadingA Short Story
I was just on the phone with a friend. After talking for a while he said: “I hope you don’t mind but I was served a bowl of ice cream 10 minutes ago and I’m watching it melt. Would you mind if we end this call?” Me: “Wait a minute. You’ve had a choice between ice…
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As I learned from Bo way back, 1890s picture rail was not intended to match the trim in a room. Because 1890s rail was not installed by finish carpenters but, rather, by wallpaper hangers to complement the wallpaper. Who knew? The aim, thus, is not to match the wallpaper but to…
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