I never intended to take nearly three months off from the blog. In fact, one of my unspoken 2023 goals was to write more, not less. However, converging projects and doctor visits for my looming surgery quickly swallowed up all of my writing time. After all these years, I still can't figure out if I…
When I started the True Tales From Old Houses podcast in 2018, I had my hands full getting past episode number one. Moving through the amateur start-up phase was brutal, but once the show gained a little traction, I started to dream and plan what it could become. My goal was to create an entertaining…
I am actually a few episodes into season five already. Now that I am back to hosting the show solo, my goal has been to bridge the content gap between this blog and the podcast. Clearly, that is going well since the first episode of season five published on February 1st, and I am just…
In September 2018, I released the first episode of True Tales From Old Houses, the podcast. It has been two years already. When I was first dreaming up a podcast about all things old-house-related, it sounded like such an easy task: talk (never a problem for me), record, edit, release.
Following my life's…
So far, 2020 has turned out nothing like I expected. Early in the year, I planned the #yearofthewindow, began daydreaming about Season Four of True Tales From Old Houses, considered training for another marathon, and looked forward to a trip to Sweden in August. I also had window work planned in the Hudson River Valley,…
In February, mere weeks before COVID-19 turned the world upside down, My friend, Drew, and I went on the first True Tales From Old Houses field trip. Unfortunately, Devyn was still on medical leave.Â
The plan was to interview two restoration specialists and visit two historic buildings in Indiana and Kentucky. Episode #29–Rhonda’s Colorful Life, was…