Wow. What a moment. Today we paid off the mortgage and the moment looked like this: We bought this house on Court Street 30 years ago when we were young and buoyant and ready to do some work: We removed the aluminum siding, changed the front doors, gardened, reworked the interior and put on an […]
Category: Modern Life
Message?
I think I made a post on something like this last year, but they always grab me, these drawings on the street
The $10 Food Challenge, Chapter 2
I got interested in what the things you could buy in Rochester for $10 in 1922 would cost in Oregon in 2010, and decided to take a closer look at the photo, make a list, and price it out. One thing I learned on doing a little research is that the people of Rochester really […]
The $10 Food Challenge
Howard had a post on his blog today (click here) about Rochester, NY, where he now lives. One of the photos was an image of what $10 bought at the grocery store in 1922. It looked like this: I decided to take the $10 challenge and here’s what I got this afternoon for $10.04:
Memory Trouble??
If you can’t remember your social security number you could follow this man’s example as captured in a Dorothea Lange photo of 1939. He had his SS# tattooed on his arm. Well…it could work??? photo courtesy of OCHC and the Library of Congress, Dorothea Lange, 1939, FSA
Victory over IKEA
This is Roger and me twirling my new desk around, but I’m not sure who that big hand belongs to. And WHERE was that big hand when we really needed a hand??? Update: Yesterday Roger and I put together 6 “Billys” and a “Benno”. How, you ask? We bribed ourselves by agreeing if we just […]
The “Jonas”…
Well I’m pretty happy tonight. Although we are totally collapsed and there’s still 600 pounds of stuff waiting…it could take weeks… Meanwhile, here’s the old desk: and here’s the new desk: Okay–it won’t look this clean in a week…but at least I have photo evidence…
A Swedish sort of day…
Rain rain rain. January. Get organized. Went to IKEA today. We loaded about 700 pounds of desks and shelving into the Swedish car with the Swedish wife, and headed south. Here’s my new desk and file cabinet and here’s the shelving for the new office suite upstairs: I think we’re kind of hoping that while […]
The Day Before Christmas
I woke up early to get organized and make my list. Elves arrived on the porch bringing gifts: I finished my wrapping and before setting off on my long string of errands I walked around the yard and noticed a sign of spring!!! While out and about every one seemed to be in the Christmas […]
…And Speaking of Local…
Here was a great idea. Kay has too much stuff and wanted to see her friends, so she put out tables of stuff, got together some goodies, and made some tea. A bunch of us converged and everybody went away with something (meanwhile, when Kay saw other people grab she began thinking hmmmm…..I want that […]
On The Way 