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  • Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things

    When my grandpa Averill bought property on Wolf Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan in the early 40s, he picked the choice lot for himself, and then parceled out smaller lots along the lake edge in a little barony he named “Averill’s Basswood Terrace”. (My grandpa liked to see…

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  • More pop up project

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    A blogger on the interwebs recommended a TSP type cleaner (I got phosphate free) and Zinnser primer. I got both. I used rubber gloves and…

  • Step one: Unscrew All The Things

    Friday night: I took down the musty curtains, dragged the mattresses out into the sun, emptied cupboards and drawers and then took the doors off…

  • Pop Up Camper Project: The mouse.

    My 1990 Coleman Sequoia is my favorite toy. I bought it second hand for a song, to avoid paying hotel and restaurant rates when I…