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CL V: Rain and its Culture ·
There won’t be any more Cottage Life pieces till next year, because we spent American Thanksgiving, when you can’t get anything done anyhow, closing the place up. We found out why they call all those great big trees a “rain forest” ... [3 comments]
Cottage? ·
If there’s anyone reading this who’s felt some empathy with the recent flurry of Cottage Life posts, and who’s from around here: there’s another waterfront property just around the corner from ours for sale; near the north point of Keats Island (Wikipedia, map, keatsisland.net). Serviced, a couple of hours from downtown Vancouver (boat only). Not perfect, has issues, needs work. But pretty unique, I think. The reason I’m plugging this is I’m hoping someone with kids gets the place; ours could use some playmates. If you might be interested, contact me and I’ll put you in touch with the vendor.
Update: It’s been listed. [1 comment]
CL IV: Peace ·
Most of these Cottage Life posts are going to be on the cynical side; with luck, good for a laugh or two. But there is a reason we do this, and here it is. With a furniture recommendation ...
CL III: Semantic Gaps ·
I do intend a Cottage Life post soon that’s not about maintenance, but this isn’t it. I thought I was trying to fix the water heater, but in fact it became a four-way semantic mapping conundrum ... [1 comment]
CL II: Water-Displacement Forty ·
Cottage Life, unless yours is a mansion with full-time staff, is mostly maintenance, with a few intervening breaks for nature or beer. I’m neither deft nor mechanically gifted, but the right industrial chemicals can make up for that ... [7 comments]
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