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Tonight, I donated to the World Central Kitchen. WCK uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond. When disaster strikes, WCK’s Chef Relief Team mobilizes to the front lines with the urgency of now to start cooking and provide meals to people in need. WCK’s resilience…
Continue ReadingNOT ALL GOOD DEEDS GET PUNISHED
Last week, as I was doing the final cleaning on one of my vintage lights, so it could be packed and shipped to the buyer, I was horrified to discover that the bowl-shaped glass shade had developed a 2-inch crack on the bottom, to the side of the mounting hole. FUCK! What to do? What…
Continue ReadingRethinking the Library
Remember the Cross House? I resume working on it this week! Is that a collective SQUEE!!!!!!!! I hear? So, the 1894 door was relocated circa-1929 to the southern edge of the east wall. I then relocated it in 2014 to the northern edge of the east wall. In 2022…
Continue ReadingDemocrats Doing The Right Thing
Scroll down… Today, the Biden administration announced $350 million in military aid to Ukraine. Last Friday, the White House asked Congress for $6.4 billion to aid Ukraine. Last Thursday, Biden approved the deployment of 7,000 additional troops to Germany to help…
Continue ReadingMy Fury Is Great. Part II
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Continue ReadingCarriage House Plans
Recently, Jordan asked me about plans for the carriage house. While I have published the plans to the first-floor, I have never posted plans of the second-floor. So, for Jordan: What is not evident in the plans is the extreme charm of the second floor. The turret room is wonderfully…
Continue ReadingMy Fury Is Great
Scroll way down… A lot of top Republicans, Fox news, and (of course) Trump, are praising Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. Here are Ukrainians forced to take shelter in a Metro station. …
Continue ReadingFor What It’s Worth…
Scroll down: My spidey sense thinks this all isn’t going to end well for Putin. I cannot shake this feeling.
Continue ReadingGolly!
I knew it would take another six weeks to install the remaining kitchen cabinets. They all needed work. Some a lot of work. But Cody was finding it difficult to use the kitchen with so little storage space. Then it hit me: Hey! Rather than do everything The Right Way, why not just…
Continue ReadingThe Evil Party
This is a political post. Please scroll down. Just six weeks into 2022, more than 150 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across the country. And guess what? ALL the bills have been introduced by the Republican party. ALL….
Continue ReadingA Done Window
In 2015, I removed the sash and reglazed it. It had been caked with white paint inside and out. Last year, I restored the inside to its original shellacked finish, and painted the outside in gloss black. The pine sill is original and also been restored. The 1920s pine trim came from a…
Continue ReadingRoss did…WHAT????????
I did a post on the carriage house in 2019, a kinda summation of discoveries I made concerning the lost front porch of the structure. My plan is to bring the current roofline down, to form the porch roof. Bringing it down would perfectly kiss the outside corner, offering some indication that…
Continue ReadingI turned 65 today. FUCK.
In 1967, my next-door neighbor, Mrs. Tuholski, said to me: “Ross! You’re ten today! Congratulations.” I didn’t feel excited. And, without thinking, I replied: “I’d rather be forty.” She gasped, and slapped my upper arm. “No! No! These are the best years of your life! Enjoy them!” I thought: “These are the best years?” For, my…
Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingDeliciously Curious IS BACK!
So now…with period-correct wheel-cut shades and all new wiring…this deliciously curious and eccentric configuration is back as intended. Ross very happy. I have removed the ceiling fixture in the foyer, so the column…
Continue ReadingAnd So…It Continues.
The brilliance of all this is that the mudding/taping will be reduced by 95%. The pre-painted 1×6 boards will cover over the seams in the sheetrock. The brilliance of all this is that sanding and the attendant HORRIBLE dust…
Continue ReadingCody Discovers!
Cody also discovered…drum roll, please…that the hardware is by Yale and Towne, their Lydian Pattern. Yale and Towne, of course, did all the hardware for the Cross House. So, it is an extraordinary coincidence that door hardware gifted to the carriage house in 2022 would be from the same manufacturer as the Cross…
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