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If you're looking to sell or buy a waterfront home in Fairfield County Connecticut

For residential waterfront real estate in Stamford, Greenwich, Bridgeport, Branford, Milford, Darien, Westport, Norwalk, Fairfield, and New Haven Connecticut, click here to speak to a Fairfield County Realtor

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Well, That's Different

After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have been avoiding this project for actual years because 1.) I couldn’t find flooring […]...

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Drinking Beer & Building Shit: Donkey Shelters

First, a warning: Sad farm shit ahead. About this time last year, I walked out to the barn one morning and found the older of my two donkeys, Doc, laying unresponsive on the ground. He was alive, but barely. The vet lives just down the road and was able to make it out to us […]...

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On the Art of Not Living a Careful Life

I started off the year by writing about measuring sticks. The metaphorical kind, not actual tape measures (although Ive written plenty about those too.) And while I used bodies and physical aesthetics as an example, that is really just one of many ways Other Peoples Measuring Sticks™ show up in our lives. The way people […]...

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On Kicking Ass and Using the Right Measuring Stick

Not only is it that time of year again (the one where we reflect on all the things weve done, and all the things we hope to do, while simultaneously being bombarded with new year, new you messaging, which is all just bullshit trying to get people to buy whatever weight-loss program/tea/diet crap is hip […]...

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The Lake House: A 2020 Update

If theres a satisfying update to be had this year, its most likely because my mom has been making a lot of progress updating the Lake House, almost entirely without my help. I did build the deck stairs, and one time wedged myself through this tiny hole to fix a broken hose spigot� 1.) Yes, […]...

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No, My Kitchen Doesn't Have a Floor (And Other True Stories)

Ive had bare subfloor in my kitchen since one day back in 2015 when I was definitely not starting my kitchen renovation, but also happened to have a dumpster and my house and was probably drinking beer and decided to indulge in my favorite beer-drinking sport… hitting something with a hammer. Which is how this […]...

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Drinking Beer & Building Shit: The Deck Stairs

If there ever was a summer in my life that Id want to be on a roll with building shit, this would have been the one, obviously. Was I Absolutely not. Ive never been able to fully articulate the difference between when Im on and off as it relates to building. Sometimes–through fate, or alcohol, […]...

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