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EVERY time I leave my desk chair, when I return I am confronted with… (scroll down)                                              

I love books and own a lot of them. Indeed, one of the reasons I purchased the Cross House was because it had a library. For my whole life, the idea of an entire room dedicated just for books seemed an impossible dream. Two of my favorite books are, unsurprisingly, about restoration. These two books…

      It was so sad realizing how beautiful the house had once been, but would likely never be again. Sigh. But…but…a company which buys old houses, fixes them, and resells them purchased the house. This is normally bad news for an old house as these so-called flippers usually destroy any soul an old…

On September 2, 2017, I discovered a kitten under my front porch. I could see the kitten through the deck boards, and I gently called out. “Kitty! Kitty! Here kitty!” Slowly, cautiously, the kitten came out from under the porch and jumped onto the deck. “Hello!” The kitten was very small. Maybe three months old?…

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                                 You might think this is just silly. It is not. Trump lies…

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                   FYI: “Travel to the U.S. has been on the decline ever since…Trump took office, and new data shows the…

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                         Even though the GOP controls all three branches of governments, our government has been shut down…

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                                     In my experience, Trump supporters are also hostile to the…

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                               But now, he is being ripped from his family and deported back to…

  Today, Mary wrote me about a video on the house! And you will REALLY want to view the video! Thanks, Mary!!!!!!!!  

On the fabulous Old House Dreams, commentator Holly linked to a house in upstate New York. The house is a muffled beauty. An exceptional beauty. Yet 99.9% of buyers will not see the beauty. They will only see the work required to restore the house. Or the work to — shudder — update the house. With…

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This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                     Donald Trump: My administration has been one of the most successful in American history!!!!!!!! The Majority Public: Nope.  …

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Yesterday, I stepped into my bedroom…and was amazed by what I found. Scroll way down…                                           This was the first time I have ever seen old-ish Spot (left) and old-ish Fine (center) sharing space with…