Oh, Ivar. I welcome you back into my life. It’s been too long, my old friend. The smell of your freshly cut pine (are you pine?) once again fills my office nook. Your presence brings me nearly full circle through my life of home furnishing. I thought you were gone, but you return once again,…
The great tree house building project continued on today. When I left off, there was the challenge of digging holes deep enough for my four supporting poles. I dug in, pun intended, this morning to make a serious dent in the ground. In the end, I utilized a small, obscure tool I forgot we had…
I’m on vacation this week, which meant staying at home but trying not to do much work. Instead, my big project is to construct a long-promised tree house with my boys, for my boys. I’ve always wanted to build a tree house. Years and years ago at the Los Angeles Times, I even wrote an…
Yesterday was DIY day around my house. That’s Do It Yourself day, for those not up on the acronym. I have to say that because of how I’m losing track of what’s a British word and what’s an American word over time. When I came to Britain about 10 years ago, everyone talked about DIY. Then…