One thing Facebook is great for is keeping in touch with my sister Linda. (Huh, used to be I'd punctuate that as "my sister, Linda", to differentiate her from Sharon. And while Sharon is still my sister, the odds of talking to her are low, so therefore no need for a comma to indicate which sister I'm talking to.)
Anyway, the house and land I grew up in/on have been sold to her daughter. They're going to tear down the house and build a new one. I'm thrilled the land is staying in the family, and while I'm sad about the house, I'm not surprised. It's a nearly 150-year-old farmhouse with rooms tacked on top and behind. The most interesting parts of it are the stone cellar--I loved the smell of that--and the half-round spiral staircase that ran up inside the wall beside the old fireplace.
Aside from the stone slabs that make up the floor of the cellar, there are also gigantic sandstone blocks making up the walls. Linda is keeping those and the old floor timbers to build something at her new house. So it's a bit melancholy but in keeping with the life cycle of old buildings.
The superhero girls are fantastic!
Connie, that's nice. The family farmhouse built by my grandparents is gone. I don't think my uncle re-used anything. But one of his sons is taking up farming with him, the land and business is staying in the family.
Okay, that felt like the whole building shaking.
3.2 - 3km SE of Marina del Rey, California
It's weird that every time I think "was that an earthquake?" it wasn't, but when I think "that was an earthquake!" it was. Why still do the former, then?
Dana,
did you read that article this week in the NYT re: mammograms? it has a bunch of stuff about breast cancer treatment in it. I'm not sure if it would be helpful, but I found the article very informative.
Everyone who can should move to Portland. As long as you can deal with water falling from the sky on a regular basis. I was at Montage 2 nights ago and they are still going strong as one of the few places that serves real food until the wee hours of the morning, plus amazing cocktails and impressive tinfoil sculptures for leftovers.
Well, still do the first one but then think "probably not" seems like the rational course of action.
Earthquake app says 3.2 right by LAX
