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The Garage That Was
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The garage at 403 W 2nd St is gone now. Not entirely. The stone and concrete base is still there,…
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Considerably Less Structure
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Toni is asleep beside me in a blanket. Toni, for the record, is our heritage turkey poult. We still don’t…
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The Next Move
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Last week, I wrote about games. About how much we seem to love them, whether we are watching football, playing…
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The Games We Play
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation What kind of games do you like to play? Yesterday, I passed through the living room and found Don watching…
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Neighbors on the Page
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Every week, Dave Staab and Brad Rapp do something kind of miraculous. Column inch by column inch, they build a…
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A Wine Glass and Some Bubble Wrap
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I missed last week’s column. Life has been moving at a fairly ridiculous pace, and somewhere between work, family, construction…
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Roots & Renewal
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation You may have noticed that somewhere around a year ago, Rachel and I stopped telling you what we were doing…
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Confessions of a Geek
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I have a somewhat embarrassing number of imaginary houses. Some are in The Sims. Some are in House Flipper. Lately…
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That Was Not on My Schedule
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Tempered glass is fascinating stuff. It doesn’t break into dangerous-looking shards. It turns into thousands of tiny pieces that look…
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Pointy Scraper Thingy
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I was standing there, pointy scraper thingy in hand, battling a hunk of somehow-still-sticky clay on the inside of the…
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The Pond Ate My Boot
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The pond ate my boot. Well…part of it. Specifically, the pond ate the sole of my boot. Just… nommed it…
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After the Storm
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Welp, my plan to start Tai Chi on Saturday mornings got waylaid almost as soon as I came up with…