When you're immobilised for a while, you have a lot of time to think. Recent events caused me to ponder the massive effort we put into finding meaning in this thing called life -- or imposing one on it, really. And what better way is there to provide some insight into, some context around, the …
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Call me Al fresco
No need for improvisation on the latest Corner Cottage project. Creative juices not required to flow. It’s a pretty bog-standard sand-and-paint, and yet it’s all in service of an upgrade in quality of life as summer leans in on us more and more, bright and hot.Just to rewind a little, let’s think about the kinds …
The backyard engineer’s toolkit
As your faithful narrator has probably mentioned, the urge to tinker with stuff and maybe dismantle it is a lifetime one, especially when stuff doesn’t work (and dismantling stuff usually guarantees it will never work again). As youths, my group of mates were always building, making, destroying, repurposing and generally getting in where we shouldn’t …
Odd jobs and bits & bobs
It’s been a weekend of bits and bobs and dabbling about at Corner Cottage. No grand designs, no magnificent triumphs, but the satisfaction of getting some niggling tasks out of the way. Let’s call them odd jobs. First up – the bathroom door. Although now freshly painted and boasting a new glass shower screen instead …
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