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  Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! I need to rush Gray cat to the vet. She’s sitting next to a box rather than in it. Obviously, something is terribly, terribly wrong!    

WARNING! This is a political post.   Rachel Bitecofer, the person who accurately predicted the 2018 Blue wave well before anybody else, has released her 2020 projections. She states that, no matter the Democratic candidate, the party will at the very least get 278 electoral votes. She states that the 2018 Blue wave was NOT created by policy but rather mostly by anti-Trump fervor. She believes…

The fabulous Kelly, of Old House Dreams, posted a fabulous house built in 1887. Today, the house is surrounded by industrial properties, and a scattering of other fine old houses, many in poor condition. It is obvious however that a century ago the neighborhood was elegant and prosperous. Sigh.            …

    I told Carl that he could in no way just pull up the tiles and replace them with something else. Because Carl is pragmatic (rather than insane, like me) I suggested simply infilling with plaster and painting it a brick color or something. “That way, the new owner will at least have the…

Yesterday, I did a post about a fabulous house in New York which needs a savior. Today, Mischa contacted me. He grew up in the house from 1968 to 1987. And—drum roll, please—he had pictures!!!!!!!! These first two images are from yesterday:       The house had a fire after Mischa’s family sold the property…

The fabulous Kelly of Old House Dreams posted a remarkable property. And it is soooooooooo a Ross kinda property. The 1869 main house is absurdly huge, and in terrifying condition. You see, just my kinda place.                   The property includes numerous structures in addition to the big…

SCENE: My kitchen window. PLOT: Alien on one side of glass. New Kitty on other side, and with malicious intent.  

This is a political post. If you don’t like politics, don’t scroll down…                                         When you have some time, you may enjoy watching this video (below). It’s from Sunday, when Pete Buttigieg officially launched his 2020 presidential…

In 2001, and 2004, I had two books published. I’m really proud of this. I so enjoyed researching and writing books that I continued to write away, and over the next few years wrote several more books, and had ideas for several more. Nine new books total. In 2006, my lighting business began and, all…

  Doug replied: “That is the original plaster ceiling medallion from the dining room. It was really damaged so I removed it 35-years-ago. It’s been up here ever since.” Wow. Is there anybody out there that can repair it? It’s broken in half, and has several small broken off bits. One small area is missing….

        As the decades passed, cities and communities across the land recognized and worked to protect their historic heritage, and what Detroit did in 1961 became unthinkable. Then…and then…HGTV came along. And the idea of historic preservation was rolled back to a 1950s mentality. Out with the old! In with the new!…