Still standing

Meanwhile, back at the architecture....

Had a monthly meeting across the river this morning, one of my renovation projects. So far, at least, they haven't managed to pull out the wrong nail and dump the entire 1850s double house into the cellar hole....

But one intriguing aspect of the project, forensic archeology so to speak, is tracing the changes to the house over those intervening years as these are laid bare by demolition. For example, the contractor has uncovered several "ghost doors" in walls here and there. Nailed shut and walled over many moons ago, but no skeletons* on the other side still muttering "For the love of God, Montressor."

And one of them is exactly where I decided we need a new door in the renovations.

*Well, maybe a skeleton or two, if you count pigeons.

I have to think of a suitable bribe, after the fact

A friend (Cat Eldredge of Green Man Review, to give a reciprocal back-scratch here) notified me of a WINTER OAK review that had flown under my radar.

http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2005/cdl0504.htm

Now I have to figure out what Charles de Lint wants that he doesn't already have and that I have at least the proverbial snowball's chance of obtaining and sneaking through customs....