The Wormlips Scrapbook

Things are on temporary hiaitus until the new windows go in next week, so the job’s little task-list lies neglected, barren of new to-do’s: As a first step in resolving the drainage problem, a second sump pump has moved in, across the basement from Sumpy. Does anyone have suggestions for what to name this gentle [...]

Not much to report on the home front lately. The new fence started to go up early last week: … and was finished before the weekend: The new room is now all wired. I lay on my back on the sawdusty concrete to take the following picture, and then ran off to dinner with work [...]

A few nights before Maw left, we made a midnight (well, 8 p.m.) flashlight-raid on the basement and carved our initials hither and yon in patches of still-damp concrete. Mom inscribed her nickname along with Dad’s initials. I like having it there. But wait: what’s that damp spot encroaching? All that strategizing and engineering to [...]