born under a blue moon: Back Again

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Back Again

After 4 short days in Illinois, I returned to find that the walls in the basement are now in, along with the plumbing for the bathroom and the laundry room...

...the plumbing in the addition looks to be finished...

...the furnace and all the duct work is in...

...and the wall between the kitchen and the living room is in...

Oh, and the landing outside of the back door--between the mainland and the life boat is in.

Wow!!

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Liv said...: I can't remember. Did you have to rip out the carpet in the livingroom? I believe you did, but couldn't get out the wood part near the banister...; August 16, 2010 at 8:51 PM

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So I succumb....

I have been reading Ben Franklin's autobiographical collection. At the start he states that he derives pleasure from "any little anecdotes of my ancestors." He can imagine that his posterity shares his curiosity, so he succumbs to the inducement of his vanity and decides write his story. He goes on to say that in telling his story, he realizes that a recollection of that life is almost like living it over again, and that putting it down in writing makes it as durable as possible (his words). I have been fascinated by Ben's story--all the nitty gritty details about what he ate and didn't eat, the gossip about his friends and enemies, the chain of events that influenced his principles, his thoughts, his passions, his disappointments and heartbreaks. I know this is a blog, not an ode to vanity, but where else could I tell my own story?

The urge to tell one's personal story is one of the strongest of human drives--rivaling survival, perhaps. (What good is surviving if there's no story?) So, I suppose, I too am driven to tell my story; much as I abhor the notion of joining a crowd (and bloggers are truly a crowd), the draw of the blog is irresistible. A little tidbit, a morsel at a time, indelibly recorded--immortality via blog?

Reading Favorites

Steven Ambrose: Band of Brothers
Gary Zukav: Dancing Wu Li Masters
Dan Simmons: Hyperion
James Michener: The Source
Robert Heinlein
Issac Asimov
Joe Simpson: Touching the Void
Stephen King: The Eyes of the Dragon
Robert L. Scott: God is My Copilot
Beryl Markham: West With the Night
Tony Hillerman (mostly)
Ben K. Green
Robert Service
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Patrick McMannus
Richard Proennke: Alone in the Wilderness
Douglas Whynott: Following the Bloom
Chris Czajkowski: Diary of a Wilderness Dweller
Steven Strogatzaz: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaeous Order
Steven Johnson: Mind Wide Open
T.E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Cormack McCarthy: All The Pretty Horses
Osa Johnson: I Married Adventure

Today's Favorite Songs

In My Secret Life (Leonard Cohen)
Spanish Moss (Gordon Lightfoot)
Danny Boy (Celtic Woman)
Going Home (Soundtrack: Amistad)
Hard Part (David Wilcox)
Almost Lover (A Fine Frenzy)
One More Cup of Coffee (Cheap Wine)
Angel (Sarah McLaughlin)
The Story (Brandi Carlile)
Blue Caravan (Vienna Teng)
Yesterday When I Was Young (Roy Clark)
Bring It On! (Slaid Cleaves)
Flies on the Butter (Wynona Judd)
Whispering Jessie (John Denver)
Song For a Winter's Night (Sara McLachlan)
Far Away (Larry Paxton)
Bright Eyes (Remy Zero)
Bend Down the Branches (Tom Waits)
Autumn On the Trail (Riders in the Sky)
Prairie Wind (Neil Young)
Forever Autumn (Moody Blues)
Mummer's Dance (Loreena McKennit)
Ripple (Grateful Dead)
All The Pretty Horses (Friends of Dean Martinez)
If I Could Be Where You Are (Enya)
Shiver of Lonesome (Danni Leigh)
Like a Rock (Bob Seager)
Soft Place to Fall (Allison Moorer
Ghost (Alison Krause)

born under a blue moon