Category Archives: IN THE HOUSE

The Earth Moves

Posted on June 7, 2015 by The Daily Cure

Oh, ha ha ha. A couple posts ago, I was writing about mis-en-place as if I lived and breathed it. Now I’m wondering what happened to the organization I used to consider my middle name. It’s been replaced with something…well…else. … Continue reading →

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Well Hung

Posted on January 2, 2015 by The Daily Cure

Remember that scene in Mommy Dearest, when the Joan Crawford character is screaming at her daughter about wire coat hangers and how much she can’t stand them? Edited, it basically goes like this: “No… wire… hangers! … What’re wire hangers … Continue reading →

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Musings of a Dish-washing Woman

Posted on December 26, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Yes, the 25th of December was indeed Christmas. If there’d been any confusion about it, the stockings, gingerbread house, fly-away bits of wrapping, and abundant food would have clued you in. But I knew it was Christmas, really Christmas, when I stood … Continue reading →

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Happy with a dog

Posted on November 30, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Last December our dog Luna died. It seems she took an era with her. Funny how animals define and contain entire chapters of our lives. When they go, we see the clear end of a decade or more. We see the whole … Continue reading →

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Last day of the year. Pensive. Warm. Still.

Posted on December 31, 2012 by The Daily Cure

This post could easily have been “Color Story: Neutral” but that wouldn’t have said anything about the way it all feels. It almost feels “lazy” but that isn’t the right word at all. Not in this Life, anyway, in which … Continue reading →

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Calendar: 30 days hath November

Posted on November 1, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I was recently asked to design a calendar for a client. Within 48 hours, in which I submitted my estimate, the request was withdrawn, but not before I’d had time to research all the beautiful and ingenious calendars there are … Continue reading →

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Object beauty and elbow grease

Posted on August 14, 2012 by The Daily Cure

It’s no secret that I like old things. But I’m not an indiscriminate lover of antiquity or junk. I like old things I can use with a little effort and no electricity. I keep some of these objects in my … Continue reading →

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Doors

Posted on July 28, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Pee Wee Herman once said that he loved fruit salad so much, he thought he’d marry it. I’m already married, but my monogamous bliss may be under attack even as we speak by an equally unsuitable suitor. “The interloper?” you … Continue reading →

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Byrrh, not beer

Posted on July 11, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Browse around the houses up and down the street here—this one included—and you might run into one of these: an old publicity card for Byrrh apéritif. I’ve been looking at this one propped behind our telephone for 10 years, without … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning #5: Monkeying around

Posted on March 25, 2011 by The Daily Cure

A small one-week feature on what happens when we clean our houses. What bubbles to the surface. What reveals itself to be true. What our junk says about our current state and next steps. What the season does to us. … Continue reading →

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