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DIY Video: Silent Bench Building

July 12, 2009 4 Comments

I’ve been toying with the idea of adding video to this website for some time. I work with a creative bunch of people who have

Who Needs Walls?

July 9, 2009 2 Comments

It’s big, functional, and decorated naturally… who needs an addition? Our work here is done. Ok, perhaps not so good when it rains, but it

Has Very Nearly Lost It

July 6, 2009 1 Comment

My keys have been missing for about 24 hours. Had to use the spare to get to work and the doctors, but when I walked

Explosives: Not just for kids anymore.

June 28, 2009 2 Comments

This weekend we worked hard and then decided playing equally hard was also in order, so we got into the patriotic spirit a little early.

One Step Closer to 30

May 31, 2009 11 Comments

One day I am going to actually turn thirty, and then I have no idea how I will obtusely refer to my age on this

Very. Scary.

May 21, 2009 5 Comments

The pizza-delivery girl who dropped off our dinner the other night saw BubbaCat mousin’ in my front garden and said, “Wow, that is a scary

Weekend Excursion

March 31, 2009 5 Comments

Four days is pretty much the absolute maximum time I like to be away from home. I love my house, I love my cats, I

Weakness

March 19, 2009 5 Comments

As far as spending money goes, I can generally hold out when it comes to powertools. I mean, I wore out two hand-me-down drills until I

Relief

March 8, 2009 7 Comments

It’s been getting progressively harder for me to breathe for the last month. During most winters the approach of Spring has been met with cries

Utterly

March 5, 2009 5 Comments

I’ve worked for the last eleven days straight, and in the last three have gotten a combined total of about ten hours of sleep… and that’s if you

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and down in the shop…

December 22, 2008 1 Comment

… there was sawing and sanding and painting non-stop; Tools were lined up on the bench in a row, As a girl in her bare feet

Polka Dots Squared

December 2, 2008 4 Comments

I wasn’t sure what to call this one. MysteryMan suggested “Puff the Magic Dragon” broom, but I think I’ve settled on just refering to it

The Classiest Thanksgiving Ever.

November 30, 2008 1 Comment

You know me… I like to flout tradition whenever possible. And so, like last year, MysteryMan and I opted out of a china-and-crystal thanksgiving and

Regal.

October 22, 2008 4 Comments

There have been a few times in my life where I have been alone and unsuspecting, and Mother Nature has come through and really given

Polka Dots are the new Black

October 20, 2008 No Comments

There has been a crookedbroom explosion around here lately… and here’s one of the newest additions to the crookedbroom family, for Jen in Monroe.

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

(formerly DIYdiva.net)

THE STORYTELLER

Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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