Well, the day started brisk and cool, with the R Mech crew out here promptly at 8:30, and the inspector promptly at 10:30ish (real close to that 9 a.m. first call the city had told the R Mech crew). Once the inspector got here, the work moved quickly. Tim was already packing in the earth … Continue reading Back on Tap (Day 6 and final of without water) →

Today was to be the day we got our water back. We hired the company R Mech to replace the water line between the water main and the house. They had the lowest bid, along with the best detail in their bid about the work they would be doing. And they arrived promptly on Monday … Continue reading Day 5 with No Water: Hurry Up and Wait →

(Below written during Shawnee-Mission Theatre in the Park's Friday night production of Ragtime.) Betsy is enjoying listening to the music while she reads here at Theatre in the Park. The show we are waiting to see is Ragtime and the music is, of course, ragtime. We got here about 6:50 -- the gates opened at … Continue reading Ragtime pleasant musically but a rag plotwise →

Subtitle: Waterless in Kansas City -- Day 2 Thursday was day two of our water shortage.  It started with my checking with our home owner's insurance to see if it might cover any of the expense. The answer was no. It only covers anything within the frame of the house.  Anything sticking out, like pipes … Continue reading Water, water everywhere, but none in the pipes of the house →

Weekends go way too fast when you work a cycle that divides life into work week and week end. And if you leave all of life to the week end, there is more lifeless week than lived week. Just as people make a false division of life into sacred and secular, so I think there … Continue reading work week vs week end →