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Some of the awful “home improvement” work I’m undoing and fixing

Kitchen counters: prepare to meet the hammer

Catch-all: strawberries, cleaning, accessibility internship, writing a review

Odds and ends on a warm weekend: storm windows, a visit from Erin’s friend Cindy, etc.

The Easterling-Dilger household is bustlin’ these days, so bloggin’ sometimes has to take a back seat.
I’m very, very glad to say I’m reading a fair amount these days. I’m halfway through a second reading of Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence, which has some very good bits. Lisa Gitelman’s Always Already New is next, and for fun Shipley [...]

I have been grading; the last big push of the year. More on that in a separate post. (updated to add link
Erin and I worked on the house quite a bit the past few days while the weather cooperated enough to allow outdoor painting. I found some water damage caused by some idiotic flashing [...]

Three runs this week: Tue 3 x 1600 @ 6:45; Thu 6mi with 4mi @ 8:04/mi; today 13.1mi, 1:54 (8:42/mi). Doug really pushed me on the long run. I probably would have been around 2:04 without him. My speed is returning…

After our run today, Madelyn and Erin and I went for a hike on the [...]

For quite a while, Erin and I talked about removing the old, worn-out windows from our front porch. Today I did it.

After I cleaned up most of the mess, I immediately took advantage of the “new” space. What a difference; our front room is brighter, too.

I was shocked to find out the frames were still [...]

My parents wrapped up a visit earlier this week. My father loves to paint, which clicked nicely with our current Big Renovation Project, which is getting the 600sf room in the front of our house in shape. (More photos.) The day before my folks left, he and Erin put up the final coat of paint. [...]

I’ve reached the time in winter break when I think, “Jeez, where did the time go?” The temptation, of course, is for panic to set in: will I get my spring syllabi done? the double bill of essay revisions? the long runs? the editing for our collection? the T&P portfolio? the work on the house?
Of [...]