A Nice Night
Monica tinged the glass with her utensil. “Okay, everyone, let’s do it!” Everyone piled on their clothes and filed out. Ten-year-old Annie rang the ceremonial gong, and everyone left the Common House, headed to our house. We arrived home. “Okay,” Monica said, “so, you guys go outside, and we’ll all gather here, and then you [...]
In Two Weeks…
I’ve gone from total sleep-deprivation to feeling somewhat buoyant… Moved and unpacked something like fifty boxes, and miraculously found a place for (most of) it… still more to unpack… Managed to give away more stuff, even after the major purge before moving… Had one big cry (the night after we moved), many moments of total [...]
Changing Perspectives
The view from the kitchen window of our **new** home. I love it! and what I see when I turn around Tweet
Old House, New Home
Two people came to our house yesterday, not together, at different times, and they both said, “What a great, old house!” I told them we’re selling it. A sad surprise, but good, too. Soon we’ll sell a bunch of our furniture, give away clothes and dishes, toys and toilet seats. And then we’ll move away, [...]
Co-housing Ahoy!
I remember the first time I felt it: the crazy-mom moment. Orlando was a baby, maybe five or six months old, and I was walking up the stairs of our house with him in my arms, and I thought: “I’ll go crazy. I am going crazy.” I felt the shimmer of despair and desperation, like [...]
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