Category Archives: fun with homeownership

waiting to be saved

Posted on July 16, 2013 by jpeters33

I walk the dogs one of a few different routes each night in my neighborhood.  I’ve walked them both together, one at a time, with music, while on the phone, with a friend, but the one constant is the neighborhood. … Continue reading →

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slight update

Posted on December 7, 2012 by jpeters33

I wrote “Exposed” 10 days before Hurricane Sandy knocked the rest of my fence down in my front yard.  The irony was too easy, like a short bus joke, and so I did what I’ve so often done: nothing.  But … Continue reading →

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exposed

Posted on October 19, 2012 by jpeters33

I was 28 when I bought the house I live in now.  Part of me feels it coming on: a self-deprecating litany about what would have done slightly differently, if I had a chance to do it all over.  Things flood … Continue reading →

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Why people don’t necessarily mean it when they ask “What’s new?”

Posted on March 23, 2012 by jpeters33

Sometimes I wonder how I got myself into a certain mess*.  I’ll look around at the circumstances: at people with whom I never thought I’d be associated, in a place, real or figurative, that I would not like to be, … Continue reading →

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