Category: Renovations
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A Dark Comedy Interview Series Begins with … Rachel Callaghan
Rachel Callaghan isn’t one of those writers who’s driven by the laugh track. I suspect she’s one of those more literary types who just happens to be funny. Her books aren’t categorized as humor, even though I often found myself laughing out loud. She also isn’t setting out to write something dark, it’s just that…
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Initial Shock
“What the hell did you get us into?”: the first thing my husband said when we finally walked into the home we’d I’d bought online. Wasn’t like it was his first rodeo. From our initial 1880’s house in Philadelphia close by the art museum, to the 1930’s house in Steamboat Springs, to the two-flat Victorian…
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Assessing
Hell, I should just hop on a plane in California, land in Philly, and drive up to Bucks County. See if the house is a good purchase, not costing too much money or needing too much work! But my husband refused to consider flying an option, since COVID raged on. Daily reports of people our…
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What We Left
The fall of 2020 was already more than nine dreary months into the coronavirus pandemic. No one socialized—talk on the street was at a distance with the few brave masked souls among our neighbors. Go out without a mask, even alone, or with the wrong mask could result in being dressed down by crescendoing voices,…
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Renovations
One good thing about being a doctor was no need for self-motivation. The impetus of time being critical helped, too, that someone needed me, often immediately. That didn’t just add up to taking care of others. Helping solve a patient’s physical or emotional problem in a visit was instant validation for me, especially since I…
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We Arrive at Ancient Fixer Upper
“What the hell did you get us into?”: the first thing my husband said when we finally walked into the home we’d I’d bought online. Wasn’t like it was his first rodeo. From our initial 1880’s house in Philadelphia close by the art museum, to the 1930’s house in Steamboat Springs, to the two-flat Victorian…