Thursday, November 03, 2022

It All Starts With a Hole Weekly Link Round-Up

 

 
I bought this house in 1981. At the time, my mother lived with me, and money was tight when it came to home improvements. Then the years passed, and my mother just wasn't in the mood for remodeling disruptions. When she died, I didn't have any money to spare. 
 
For the past twenty years or so, Denis and I have made significant changes to Casa Kittling, but one of the last things to change was a certain wall in the kitchen. We've been socking money away like crazy, and now that Denis is more ambulatory with every passing day, we decided the time had come to get work on the kitchen done. Besides, it was only going to help both of us with regard to our various health problems.
 
The problem was... me. The people I bought the house from had some interesting ways to do home improvements, and I'd had to correct more than one of them. I knew that one kitchen wall with the three weird cubbies was hollow, but what was it hiding? Something had to be very wrong for them to block off a healthy chunk of kitchen real estate. 
 
Denis and I contacted our go-to remodeler. I insisted that an exploratory hole be cut into the wall to see just what was behind there before any more work was done. Claude the remodeler was hoping that D.B. Cooper had stashed a few bags of money behind the wall. We can all dream, can't we?
 

What was behind the wall? About two-and-a-half feet of empty space back to the original wall of the house. Who in their right mind would block off that much space in what was a small kitchen to begin with?!? There has to be more to the story, but that's where I'm going to leave you as Claude and his team demolish the bad and then work their magic. We've already had so much dust raised that it set off the smoke alarm, so it should be interesting.

Here's another photo for someone special. It's a glimpse of my offrenda that I put up for Dia de los Muertos this year.



 Enjoy the links! 

 
►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄


That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay healthy. Stay safe. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

16 comments:

  1. Oh, that's so interesting that that part of your kitchen was walled off like that, Cathy! It's a real-life mystery in a way. Hmm..... does make me wonder. I'll bet it'll look gorgeous when it's all done. I'm going to check out that Anglo-Saxon hall, but really, I could stay right here; your house seems to have archaeological secrets, too...

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    1. Yes, quite a lot has happened to this old ranch house over the years!

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  2. Oh my goodness! I can't imagine why someone would block off that much space in a kitchen. Maybe they wanted it to look more interesting than just a plain wall?? How wonderful it will be when the work is all done. It is always fascinating to me to read about how reading changes our brains. It sure seems like we are meant to be readers. Hope your weekend is a good one!

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    1. I think I know some of their rationale behind that wall with the cubbies, but it still doesn't make any real sense.

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  3. Good luck with your kitchen reno! I can't believe someone blocked off so much empty space like that. Crazy.

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  4. As a mystery lover, it's mildly disappointing that there weren't any relics or artifacts behind that wall (notice I'm not wishing any bodies, or even body parts, on you!). Instead, the question is whether you, Denis, and/or your contractor can come up with a reason for blocking off that space. I hope you'll have some pictures from this project to share at some point.

    Meanwhile, I'm so angry and saddened by that attack on Salman Rushdie, and its consequences for him. There are plenty of people whose ideas have made me angry - extremely! - over the past 6 years in particular, but I have trouble stretching my imagination enough to understand how that would lead to physically attacking someone for such a reason.

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    1. I know what you mean about attacking people you disagree with. It makes no sense, but it seems as though these crazies believe they've been given carte blanche to do as they please.

      I think I know why they blocked off the space in the kitchen, although it still doesn't make sense. I've been taking photos and have a future post planned.

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  5. All those stories about would-be book banners and the terrible attack on Salman Rushdie just really made my blood boil. But the interview with Barbara Kingsolver, one of my favorite writers, calmed me right down again. And that wolf picture is truly amazing!

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    1. That wolf photo is amazing. You'd swear they'd all been asked to pose!

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  6. We have an old house, about 82 years old and we have decided to stay for now and fix it up slowly. Good luck with your renovations.

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    1. Thanks. Good luck with yours! Reno can be an absolute pain in the neck, but it can also be incredibly rewarding.

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  7. That is a beautiful display for Dia de los Muertos. Thanks for the links. Book banning, ugh. Good luck with your housing renovations. You both always seem so busy with that. It's work.

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    1. It's work, and it's inconvenient, BUT... this is the last room.

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  8. Great. The last room. Sounds like the last installment of a mystery series.

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    1. They come back Thursday to do the last of the work, and then it should all be done, thank goodness.

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