occasional posts by risa aratyr
a chronicle of the fall and rise of Casa Jimenez-Aratyr
Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves. [Frank Lloyd Wright] By early December it was clear we weren’t going to make our original, oh-so optimistic move-in target of Midwinter. For about a week we entertained the notion the house might be ready for us by early January. By early January, we’d revised our … Read more BE-COMING HOME: doors, floors and mores
It’s much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That’s the truth. [Oprah Winfrey] Midwinter-tide was all about picking the interior colors. Not an easy task, omg. With 200 decisions to make per square foot (so they tell me), I … Read more BE-COMING HOME: a real paint job
Commercials capture your attention, that’s all. [Calvin Klein] December was atypically, excessively, unrelievedly dry. Bad news in the grand scheme of things, but the lack of rain did allow exterior house-work to progress nicely. The lower deck took shape. Redwood rails appeared on the upper posts. Martín started laying the ipê decking, and here’s Roy … Read more BE-COMING HOME: on with the show
Runes you will find, and readable staves, Very strong staves, Very stout staves, Staves that Bolthor stained, Made by mighty powers, Graven by the prophetic god, For the gods by Odhinn, for the elves by Dain, By Dvalin, too, for the dwarves, By Asvid for the hateful giants, And some I carved myself: Thund, before … Read more BE-COMING HOME: behind the walls
However, as a guarantee of its renewed youth, the symbolical phoenix never reappeared before the eyes of the world without having consumed solemnly the remains and evidences of its previous life. [Transcendental Magic; Its Doctrine and Ritual, Éliphas Lévi] End of October, beginning of November, the front entrance took serious shape – just in time … Read more BE-COMING HOME: a year to the day