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My online vintage lighting store. Sadly, I forgot to take a BEFORE image. But the AFTER is well worth your time. The fixture is circa-1940s, and is a style very popular in 1940s kitchens. And the finial is an on/off switch. How cool is that? My online vintage lighting store….
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down. I’ve gone cold turkey regarding all news. I refuse to have more years of my life dominated by an…
Continue ReadingHAPPY HOLIDAYS 2024!
The scaffolding is gone! Gone! Gone! SQUEE!!!!!!!! Look at the GLEAMING lap-siding on the first floor of the tower! That was months of work this year. There is no sheet covering the big window!!!!!!!!! Thanks to help from Godsend Eric, this is year #10 of the 3-story holiday lighted tree!
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingTHE OTHER HOUSE: 2
If you want to learn about My Other House, click here. Working on my house every day, no matter how small or large the effort, is my own Project 2025. And, so far, I am very pleased. I find it diverting and satisfying….
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
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To fully understand what The Other House is, click here. Room #5 was built in the 1970s. It was a long room, a laundry, and Mrs. Lawrence slept along the north wall in a cot. After I moved in, in 1996, it became my workroom. Later, I expanded the house with several additions, cut…
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NOTE: This is a very long post. Make sure you have the time. And some wine. I have been hiding a house from y’all. It is the house I actually live in, in Strong City, 20 miles west of the Cross House. Upon buying the Cross House in 2014, not in my wildest…
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Do you have a glass wine in hand? While sipping, please first re-read this post. Then return to this page and scroll down. And be prepared to SQUEE! …
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This is a political post. Please scroll down if interested.
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down. I’ve yet to process one central question: HOW did Harris get about 14 millions fewer votes than 2020 Biden? HOW…
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After the 2016 election I fell into a dangerously dark depression. The worst ever. Somehow though, magically, this lifted around mid-December but all I could think of was: How the fuck am I gonna get through 2017????????? A year later I realized that 2017 had proved the best of my life. It proved deeply satisfying…
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down In a previous post, I wrote: I 97% believe Trump (and Putin) will try and steal the election. I…
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down… There are polls. There are forecasts. These are two vastly different things. The former can often be wrong. Like with the much-vaunted poll-predicted RED WAVE of 2022. Which…
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down… In my previous post, I wrote about a stunning new Selzer poll of Iowa, which has Harris/Walz taking the lead. This article details why….
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