Selling Water by the River
Where does one go for enlightenment? The Dude Abides Blog of course.
Time Capsule
With the floor open and some critical wiring exposed it was natural to detour our plans and re-wire the ceiling fan in the room below. When that sub-project was done it was time to button up the floor with a fresh sheet of 5/8″ plywood. I couldn’t resist the opportunity to leave some hidden treasure…in…
Golden Rays
        Looking at this photo of migrating Golden Rays published in the Telegraph, I can’t help but feel that there is more driving our planet than random happenstance.
Open-Beam Flooring
Once you commit yourself to a certain level of perfection in a project you find yourself captive to forces beyond your control. This is what happened when I pulled up the carpet in Norah’s room. There was a soft spot between two sheets of plywood. It looked as if someone had dropped an 18 lb.…
And How’s YOUR Weekend Shaping Up?
I want to be at 24,000 words today with my shitty first draft But of course I have to finish the flooring, molding, touch-up spackle and painting of the writer’s lair. But since we have the dumpster only until Monday morning, what I really need to be doing is pulling up carpet in the entire upper…
Progress Report
How is the novel coming? Thanks for asking. IT SUCKS. Of course the most important part of any good writing is the writer’s lair. Which means that I have to install laminate flooring. On the entire upper floor…because once you’ve done one room you really kind of have to do all the rest of the…