Monthly Archives: November 2014

Kitchen Renovation – The Rebuilding

Hello again – ready for the big reveal?  We aren’t done yet with the kitchen, but these photos will show how we began to rebuild, and where we are as of today. I’m still learning how to blog, and today … Continue reading

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Kitchen Restoration – The Tearout

Anyone who has ever attempted to live in, love, and repair an old house, or has seen movies such as The Money Pit, will appreciate this post, and other ones to come about old house restoration / preservation. This year has been the … Continue reading

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Yin and Yang: Technology Overload & Recharging Through Solitude

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”   [The Minotaur] ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays In our social media class, taught by Leli Samii and Bridget Franciscovich, we were given an … Continue reading

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Baseball, the 2014 World Series, & Being the Uncarved Block Part One

“For it is in giving that we receive.” ― Francis of Assisi On October 20th, without planning to do so, I spent $725.00 for two tickets (and a parking pass!) to Game One of the 2014 World Series.  Then, almost as … Continue reading

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