Turtles All the Way Down

27Apr09

Robert was outside moving the old bricks that were dumped next to the side of the house, so that he could get the ladder in there, so that he could work on the library window – the windows were not only painted shut, the bottoms had been caulked on the outside – so that we [...]

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Now the Tale Can Be Told

26Apr09

2/19
We had an offer on our Texas house.  Not a wonderful offer, but a starting point for negotiations.  We immediately countered and held our breaths.
2/24
Breath-holding had become difficult.  The buyers’ agent intimated they really couldn’t come up much.  We said we would consider a counter-offer.
3/3
Having given up on a counter offer and continuing to strip [...]

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Almost Heaven (8)

14Apr09

Morgantown is number 9 in the Small Cities Rankings – 2009 New Geography Best Cities for Job Growth, of 173 small cities in the country, and 13th among all cities.  Charleston has moved from the small to medium cities category, and is 37 of 103 medium-sized metro areas, and 114 overall.  Smaller job markets  like [...]

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