occasional posts by risa aratyr
a chronicle of the fall and rise of Casa Jimenez-Aratyr
There is some of the same fitness in a man’s building his own house that there is in a bird’s building its own nest. Who knows but if men constructed their dwellings with their own hands, and provided food for themselves and families simply and honestly enough, the poetic faculty would be universally developed, as … Read more BE-COMING HOME: true colors
I went window shopping today! I bought four windows. [Tommy Cooper] Chris and Cody came to town for a wedding at the end of September, providing a great excuse for a grand family-tour of the premises. Young Master Matthew kindly stepped out of the frame, I stepped in – and he proceeded to snap the … Read more BE-COMING HOME: october flurries
Into each life some rain must fall. [The Rainy Day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow] The Aufrichte was only Part I of our roof-raising revels. We celebrated Part II the next day, with a smudging. I’d smudged before, of course. Twice. Third time’s the charm, especially as we capitalized on the lucky number by smudging in triplicate. … Read more BE-COMING HOME: smoke and showers
The sky’s the limit, if you have a roof over your head. [Sol Hurok] When our friends in Basel saw the pic above and the pic below on Facebook, they knew exactly what was up. “Congratulation on your topping out,” Arthur wrote me, “we call it Aufrichte!” Every step along the path to be-coming home … Read more BE-COMING HOME: up on the roof
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. [George Carlin] There was a bit of on-again/off-again regarding the return of Berger Concrete and General Engineering to complete the excavation for and construction of the retaining wall around the carport, the portico, the basement stairs and … Read more BE-COMING HOME: all trussed up