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Revalations: August 2011
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It is what it is. Kitchen Remodel: One Full Week. Been a full week. Today is Sunday. Work began last Monday and continued through this afternoon. Here's the colorful corner where the oven used to be, and will be again some day:. I love this photo compositionally. It shows where the stove hood will vent through the roof:. At this stage the small deck off the kitchen, soon to be enclosed, was a lawsuit waiting to happen. Good thing we hadn't planned a cocktail party for that evening:. Show, as well as a co...
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Revalations: January 2011
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It is what it is. Look What the Cat Dragged in, Phase III. Several years ago I documented our cat Stella Luna’s odd obsession with bringing wads of dried grass. Into the house and depositing them in various locations. Later, her interest morphed into transferring gloves, hats and socks. We kept in a basket by the door to other parts of the house. But at least somebody. In this family is putting in studio time. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Revalations: I'd give summer a mixed review
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It is what it is. I'd give summer a mixed review. Friday, the autumnal equinox, was mattress-flipping day. At our house. As always, the turn of seasons (and mattresses) is cause for reflection. The remodel, despite a handful of hassles and hangups, is proceeding on schedule. We're beginning to talk about where things will live in the new kitchen. At dinner last night with friends, we allowed ourselves to fantasize about actually cooking, ourselves, again. Chris and Tonya have a flock of about 70 birds, a...
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Revalations: September 2010
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It is what it is. New chix on the block. I hadn't quite pictured acquiring my chickens this way, hanging out in the Trader Joe's parking lot at 7:30 AM, waiting for the farmer's wife to show up. Another woman was sitting in her car, too; I sidled over and verified that she was there for a transaction similar to ours. Apart from the schmoozing about coops and breeds, it felt like we were parties to a drug deal. Here's the finished coop, shortly before occupancy. The area behind the blue door and under...
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Revalations: Look What the Cat Dragged in, Phase III
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It is what it is. Look What the Cat Dragged in, Phase III. Several years ago I documented our cat Stella Luna’s odd obsession with bringing wads of dried grass. Into the house and depositing them in various locations. Later, her interest morphed into transferring gloves, hats and socks. We kept in a basket by the door to other parts of the house. But at least somebody. In this family is putting in studio time. Kitty litter: think of it as glitter. Nah, probably not. Ah, Stella, we have missed your myster...
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Revalations: Two Retail Encounters
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It is what it is. A petite Asian woman in a motorized scooter wheeled up to me in the wine department at TJ's and asked if I could help her. I thought she needed a bottle reached down from a shelf. But she wanted to know if I could recommend a wine to go with pasta – no, in. A pasta dish she was making. “Does it call for a particular type of wine, a red. or a white? 8221; No, she insisted, just a dry. Wine “What's the recipe like? What else goes in the pasta? I can't even get them to touch 'em.”. I have ...
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Revalations: Stella Luna, My Buffoona
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It is what it is. Stella Luna, My Buffoona. From the very beginning, Stella Luna was a formidable presence. She was mellow, affectionate, demonstrative, and endearingly cross-eyed. Her voice, for such a large cat, was tiny. At her peak, she weighed almost 25 pounds. She was down to half that, partly due to conscious dietary changes on our part and eventually because of illness, at the end of her life. Laziest hunter in the world. Eird that I no longer have to concern myself with putting my shoes out of h...
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Revalations: October 2013
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It is what it is. A petite Asian woman in a motorized scooter wheeled up to me in the wine department at TJ's and asked if I could help her. I thought she needed a bottle reached down from a shelf. But she wanted to know if I could recommend a wine to go with pasta – no, in. A pasta dish she was making. “Does it call for a particular type of wine, a red. or a white? 8221; No, she insisted, just a dry. Wine “What's the recipe like? What else goes in the pasta? I can't even get them to touch 'em.”. My styl...
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Revalations: October 2011
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It is what it is. Kitchen Remodel: Settling In. The inconvenience of our make-do cooking arrangements has faded from our minds, as I knew it would, along with the dust and noise and general household upheaval. The more we inhabit and move around the new space, the more we internalize new patterns and workflows, the more we bond with this delightful addition to our house. After that, smaller accents and refinements went in. Note, par exemple. A former neighbor in Northern California.). The dog and cats en...
