In our defense, the property listing said "land value only." At closing, any talk of using or refurbishing the little house was met with scoffs and knowing glances, from everyone…
Our 92-year-old family patriarch is unexpectedly taken from us by the virus late last night, shortly before midnight. After testing positive for the virus, remaining hospitalized for a few days,…
2020 is flying by. And thank goodness for that. This has been one strange year! It is now early July. We have 3 or 4 weeks to prepare for the…
Nationwide, the Coronavirus is slowly getting under control. But, Vermont, a state of mostly older people, stays buttoned up. Senior members of our nearby family are sufficiently elderly to be…
At the beginning of 2020, Covid-19 was rapidly becoming the national topic of discussion. San Francisco shut down, then other cities followed suit and, eventually Texas did too. Stay home,…
Just when we thought the majority of our project work was complete for the season (we had even started to protect things like building a box from scrap lumber to…
Filling in the frost walls makes the site get smaller. The excavator crew uses three machines: small, medium, and large. A lot is getting done in a relatively short, but…
Our son and nephew arrive from Texas on the last day in August, the Saturday before Labor Day. With a gutted house and a small RV, there are no proper…
We have decided to build a large garage beside the existing small house. It will be connected by a 12-foot-wide structure that we plan to use as the primary entrance.…