by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 28, 2004 | HousePosts
With emphasis on upward… Footings have begun. Last Friday the concrete crew was here driving stakes at the foundation corners and running strings. On Mondayâ€â€in the midst of a driving rainâ€â€they began setting forms and running steel and with any luck...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 14, 2004 | HousePosts
We came, we dug, we blew things up… I took a brief posting hiatus as my aunt and uncle were in from California and I didn’t feel like continuously posting stuff like, “It rained today, so they didn’t work.” or “Now the hole is 8...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 6, 2004 | HousePosts
But that ain’t necessarily so… My aunt and uncle are in from the west coast. (Thus the limited posting.) Rock breaking is complete. Two days of actual breaking with three days of rain in between. More to follow…
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 30, 2004 | Commentary
The times they are a changin’ Right around the time that Nobody’s Fool completed filming, a subtle change began to take place in Beacon. It was nothing major; the real estate agents didn’t have a sudden epiphany and start selling the living daylights...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2004 | HousePosts
Rocky Road ain’t just an ice cream at Tucker’s Considering where we live this was an inevitable. Smack-dab in the middle of the basement we’ve found some ledgestone. it runs diagonally across the front portion of the basement at an upward angle...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Sea of Cortez (finally) hits the road Delayed by weather and driven by the moon (well… actually the tides which are, in fact, driven by the moon) the boys and girls of the of The Sea of Cortez trip are merrily on their way. There’s a log being posted...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
Or why the New York Times is now implementing drug testing for newspaper carriers… My wife got a tentative, but hilarious, call from the New York Times this morning. It was from the district manager for delivery services in Beacon, who was obviously a bit...
