occasional posts by risa aratyr
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
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun. [Frank Lloyd Wright] By mid-August, the 2nd story floor joists were in, and the once-blurry threshold between “outside” and “inside” coalesced into a firm boundary. Side note for “Where’s Table?” players: in the photo above, the kitchen is in the background. Alas! no table – and no … Read more BE-COMING HOME: on the rise
Room Service? Send up a larger room. [Groucho Marx] As soon as the floor was down, the guys got started on the first-floor framing. When Neil came by on Thursday 1 August, we had most of the north wall. By Friday the 2nd, when we met Adrian up at the site, a good portion of … Read more BE-COMING HOME: making room(s)