May 2nd, 2008

“Embrace the sweat. Wear a helmet.”

Just a quick post to recognize my friend Sarah who was interviewed by a blogger at the Raleigh News & Observer this week about bike commuting. Check it out — if you’re familiar with this subject at all, it’s a great read.

Also, happy birthday to my sister Kate, who lives in England where it may or may not also be May 2nd right now.

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December 21st, 2007

See Next Year

In the midst of the typical Christmas busyness. Lots going on. No time for anything but sentence fragments. Next update probably not happening ’til early January. Enjoy picture above. Have happy and safe holiday!

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November 6th, 2007

“We’ll Just Split the Difference”

Does the world need another blog? In a way, “no.” But in another, deeper, more philosophical way, “most definitely no.”

Kate, Kevin, and I aren’t letting this stop us though. We’ve recently started documenting the pretty much constant DIY-craziness that occurs at my parents’ house (and beyond) on a Blogger site called “Witchger Projects.”

My mom and dad have always done much of their own carpentry, automotive and home repair, landscaping, and sewing, as well as maintaining a few extracurricular creative endeavors. They’ve passed their love of doing these types of things on to all three of us. The house we grew up in was a major fixer-upper that always needed — and continues to need — serious attention. There are plenty of things to work on when we’re there, and, in the rare event that there isn’t, we’ll find something that needs fixing/assembling/rewiring/making/repurposing. It’s how we do our bonding.

Mostly, our blog exists just to show you all what we’ve been up to lately, but it could eventually become something of a reference site for fellow novice-DIYers. For people like us, after all, a big part of the process is learning what to do from those who have been through similar undertakings…especially if they’ve made a few undesirable mistakes along the way…and especially if they are bald, eccentric men who may or may not be our father….

Anyway, here’s the URL: http://witchgerprojects.com. Enjoy!

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