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    Getting there. I guess.

    We got the skinny roller for behind the radiator, and the wall is now fully painted. Painting the radiator itself is going to have to wait until spring, though, because it’s stupid-cold…

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    Weekend to-do.

    Ed Ruscha // The Act of Letting a Person into Your Home, 1983 Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings Somehow, Evan and I managed to take three entire days off from work…

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    Thirty-five.

    It’s been one year since thirty-four. I still think it’s weird that I’m not a teenager, frankly. I always thought that being a “grown-up” would feel more, well, grown-up.…

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    Painting the bedroom.

    I never understand what people are talking about when they ask about my supposed “energy” and ability to complete projects so quickly. It must be an illusion caused by the fact that…

  • Happy Sunday.

    Thank you for all of the thoughtful comments on this post. I have a hard time writing personal posts sometimes (well, everything I write is personal—that’s hard to avoid—but you know what…

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    I’m OK.

    I’ve written before about the idea that at a certain point you have to accept that sometimes “good enough” is good enough when it comes to houses, but what about ourselves? What…

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    The apartment bathroom.

    Can you believe we’ve had the little pied-à-terre in Manhattan for ten months already? It really doesn’t feel like that long. Given that the entire thing is only 400 square feet, it’s…

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