Comments for The Effective Life

Comment on Sails are full. by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:30:44 +0000

I’ve enjoyed your entries and often have been stimulated to think and write. I’ll follow your new blog.
Irene

Comment on Can pot holes be a good thing? by Jon King

Jon King — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:34:38 +0000

We need a bridge to cross some of them.

Comment on Can pot holes be a good thing? by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:45:14 +0000

No. Pot holes can not be a good thing.

Comment on Can pot holes be a good thing? by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:44:35 +0000

Management by serendipity: Keeping the chair in the new place. Obtaining access to your musical instruments.

Making lemonade: Using a painful interruption to reflect on your neighborhood, leading to a general consideration of change and…..a blog entry!

Comment on A voice in the dirt by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:59:29 +0000

A friend offered to slide my refrigerator to a different spot in my kitchen, with the promise that he would put it back again if I didn’t like it. The space opened up inspired me to some long needed de-cluttering. Now my kitchen area is pleasant to walk into, more room, more light. My kitchen window is more visible from the other part of the apartment.

Moving the refrigerator required unscrewing and moving a set of shelves to another spot. I could not do these things by myself, so I made do. That’s part of what I meant by my first post.

Another part of what I meant: At a thrift store I saw a brightly colored ceramic candlestick with a striped snake coiled around it. The snake has a goofy expression on his face. Instantly I realized I had been looking all my life for this exact snake. Go figure! The colorful silly object catalyzed my use of another space for interesting candles, a woven basket, a tiny alabaster jar, and a netsuke.

This underlines the risk and challenge when building features in permanently.

Comment on A voice in the dirt by Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:54:40 +0000

What a great article. Love your photo of the River Walk, it took me back to the time we visited San Antonio for the world fair. Beautiful area. Your anology about the mud was thought provoking. I could just picture it. We also got 7 inches of snow the end of March here at our place in Utah.

Comment on Goldie-Locks at the Alamo by krista colvin

krista colvin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:39:05 +0000

Hope you had several Alamo Beers while you were there… my big bro is the owner! Looking forward to meeting you in Reno at the NAPO conference/blog meet up. Cheers!

Comment on A voice in the dirt by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:38:52 +0000

So often we don’t know we would be happier with one solution than another, say to a design decision.

Comment on Inside Out by Scott Corder

Scott Corder — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:26:09 +0000

The collection of rocks reminds me that somewhere in our garage we still have a large tupperware box full of rocks our family collected over ten days in the Upper Peninsula last summer. We eagerly pursued the every elusive agate, all the while carefully placing the rocks from each stop into what were at the time tidy zip lock bags labeled for what was inside and where the rocks were collected.

But alas, now that we are home, all these wonderful memories remain in their labeled bags inside the giant box we lugged for almost 2500 miles.

In deference to your other blog about organizing the front of the refrigerator and all the memories that can prompt - our box of rocks is no less memorable - - and probably no less heavy than a refrigerator.

I’m making a note to myself to place these rocks in our garden next summer where they will remind us daily of our family adventure north. At least there they won’t be occupying precious interior space…

Comment on Goldie-Locks at the Alamo by Irene Grumman

Irene Grumman — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:16:55 +0000

Dear Goldie-Locks,

What about grab bars and high toilet seats for the variously abled? Rocker switches? Easily reachable lamp switches, closet shelf (hats etc), walk space, muted air conditioning sounds? Do the rooms smell fresh? Do windows open? How about the free-standing toilet roll holder, so you can set it where you want it?

Peace to you while you process your business trip.