[Magdalen] Feeling very grown-up

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

A little memorabile of the olden days!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, my selling agent knows a fellow who has an antique/what
> -have-you-got store to the east.  He came by on Tuesday evening and left
> with a corner cabinet and will return for the Big Piece.  Left money and
> will leave even more money when he returns.  He had a big ring of keys and
> solved the mystery of what was in the long-locked cupboard at the bottom of
> the cabinet.  LOL, a drop-side toaster from my youth and the
> missing-a-handle metal tray it sat on.  What a hoot!
>
> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>
> On 6/28/2015 11:40 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> You might be surprised. In any case, are there second hand stores? If not,
>> what about the Salvation Army or Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul or the
>> equivalent? They will usually even come and pick up big pieces.
>>
>> Jay, who has some experience with such
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Beyond the totally unacceptable dump, any easily do-able suggestions as
>>> to
>>> where the mahogany may go ?  My agent in PH, who was in antiques for 20
>>> years before housing, just says quietly that nobody wants this sort of
>>> thing nowadays.  Just one of the practical problems that loom.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>
>>> On 6/27/2015 10:55 PM, Molly Wolfmama wrote:
>>>
>>>  Shed the mahogany! IKEA is your friend.  Well, my friend, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> I have the same impulse to throw out everything in the fridge,
>>>> regardless
>>>> of its "best before" date.  It's new life time.
>>>>
>>>> Molly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>>>> no
>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>>
>>>>   On Jun 27, 2015, at 10:18 PM, Marion Thompson <
>>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It is essentially a new house on an old footprint.  The blurb says: "A
>>>>> secluded location for this totally rebuilt home.  Tucked down a
>>>>> laneway in
>>>>> an area of lovely homes, but walking distance to downtown.  Tastefully
>>>>> finished with Cape Cod wood exterior, engineered hardwood and ceramic
>>>>> flooring, oak staircase and 2nd floor walk-out to the deck this pretty
>>>>> home
>>>>> has lots of natural light and a lovely master bedroom across the front
>>>>> of
>>>>> the house."
>>>>>
>>>>> As if in an amphitheatre, it sits in a very sunny dell.  Bring it on!
>>>>> Lots of trees and shrubs around, but not too close and claustrophobic.
>>>>> They are a good buffer up the steep slope behind me to Baldwin St
>>>>> above, a
>>>>> quiet little dead-end.  To the  south, it is more open with other long
>>>>> properties coming down to me.  Those houses are on Walton St (the main
>>>>> st)
>>>>> and flank the entrance of my No Exit little lane that runs down the
>>>>> hill to
>>>>> me, but they, too, are buffered by trees and shrubs.  My impression is
>>>>> of
>>>>> silence except birds, despite all that is out there.  The house runs
>>>>> into
>>>>> the slope behind.  Winter might be interesting getting up the lane,
>>>>> but I
>>>>> remarked that that's why we have Subarus. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Two nice bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a spacious kitchen/family room. Lots of
>>>>> closet space.  Space for me to put a garden shed for the outside
>>>>> equipment
>>>>> and good space in the utility room beyond the kitchen and laundry.
>>>>> Hard to
>>>>> picture where stuff will go.  I really want to start fresh and somehow
>>>>> shed
>>>>> the heavy mahogany that will overwhelm this space, and a lot more
>>>>> besides!
>>>>>
>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>>
>>>>>   On 6/27/2015 9:33 PM, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Awesome!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Details, please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eleanor
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Marion Thompson <
>>>>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   I believe I've bought a house!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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