Author: RiverAdmin

  • A Wine Glass and Some Bubble Wrap

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I missed last week’s column. Life has been moving at a fairly ridiculous pace, and somewhere between work, family, construction projects and the usual assortment of small fires, last Thursday arrived without an article attached to it. This week isn’t looking much calmer. But I wanted to stop long enough… Read more

  • Roots & Renewal

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation You may have noticed that somewhere around a year ago, Rachel and I stopped telling you what we were doing each week and started showing you what it feels like to do it. There’s a reason for that. Telling is boring. Both for the teller and, I suspect, the tellee.… Read more

  • Confessions of a Geek

    Confessions of a Geek

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I have a somewhat embarrassing number of imaginary houses. Some are in The Sims. Some are in House Flipper. Lately I’ve been puttering around in Solarpunk, building little floating islands and growing things in places where, conveniently, nothing seems interested in eating the seedlings. I’ve never been into TV or… Read more

  • That Was Not on My Schedule

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Tempered glass is fascinating stuff. It doesn’t break into dangerous-looking shards. It turns into thousands of tiny pieces that look almost harmless. They are, however, decidedly not. Quick recap: Don was moving piles of dirt; a modestly sized rock bounced from the bucket and hit the glass door; the door… Read more

  • Pointy Scraper Thingy

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I was standing there, pointy scraper thingy in hand, battling a hunk of somehow-still-sticky clay on the inside of the excavator bucket when the transport truck came around the bend in my driveway. I couldn’t have been happier to see it. The drivers, you see, are equipped with all sorts… Read more

  • The Pond Ate My Boot

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The pond ate my boot. Well…part of it.  Specifically, the pond ate the sole of my boot.  Just… nommed it right off my foot. The audacity! I was almost done expanding our main pond when it happened. Remember all that rain in May, when I was waving my fist at… Read more

  • After the Storm

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Welp, my plan to start Tai Chi on Saturday mornings got waylaid almost as soon as I came up with it. I woke up this past Saturday to a good bit of storm damage and…you can imagine where the day went. We didn’t do fireworks or hot dogs or s’mores.… Read more

  • Revolution and Tai Chi

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Happy July! As I’m writing this, we’re all getting ready to celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation. As you’re reading this, the fireworks will be over, and many of us will be wondering what to do with all those leftover hot dogs. In the lead-up to the big day,… Read more

  • Finding Family

    Finding Family

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The Open House on June 20th went swimmingly, if I may say so myself! The weather was amazing, and folks from all around the community, from next-door neighbors to neighbors from two towns over, came to see what we’ve been up to. Some came to ask questions. Some came to… Read more

  • Footprints on the Ceiling

    Footprints on the Ceiling

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The funny thing about cleaning a house is that the more you clean, the dirtier everything seems. You finally get around to dusting the ceiling fans, and then you notice how grubby the windows look. You clean the windows and suddenly the baseboards seem questionable. That sort of thing. Maybe… Read more

  • Further Along

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Do you know how absolutely, soul-quenchingly satisfying it is to see a system you designed and built work as intended? I mean, really. It’s ridiculously fulfilling, even when it’s something small and simple.  Remember our driveway drainage issues? Well, our new drainage network got its first real test today.   Torrential… Read more

  • I Don’t Know, But

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    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I had a great idea for this week’s column. Then I forgot it. See, I was driving through Franklin earlier this week, and a thought came to me somewhere around the intersection of Contractors and Connection. It was a really good thought, too. At least, I assume it was. By… Read more