Dear Barbara; about your house
Lorena
Barbara, I have never more wanted to talk to you then this week, when getting ready to sell your house. Why is everything so dusty? And I don’t mean just…
March 2023
When is a house a home?
Working on Barbara’s house – which, I know, is my house – has been making me think a lot lately about the soul of a house. I’ve lived in a…
House of HaldePets
Me telling people things is sometimes a curious mix of “yeah, I saw that on Facebook” and “I’m not on Facebook” and “wait, you still have a blog?” Peppa Potato…
Beginnings
Recall a time in your life when you made a fresh start. How did your life change? Well, there was the time that I moved out of my dad’s house…
More catching up
About exactly one year ago, minus about four hours as I’m writing this, I got that phone call. Everything I think I want to say about that night, I said…
The things I want to talk about are flying around my head like fireflies, busy and uncatchable
This is one of those “I don’t even know where to start” posts. One year ago tomorrow is the day they called me back after visiting hours had ended, and…