House Doodles

An essay about how working from home or staying home to care for a child influences the way people see you and the way you see yourself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A piece of microfiction showing how even laundry offers a chance for contemplation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A piece of microfiction about standing at the intersection of solitude and community in a small town and choosing which direction to turn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A piece of microfiction about the loss that occurs in increments in our home lives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about how there’s a kind of magic to having your own place,  even if it’s only for a couple of hours at the end of the day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about the long road of housework and working on the house, and the end of the journey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A piece of microfiction about a woman who leaves home and hometown behind, keeping only one fragment from among the broken pieces of her life--a friendship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this short story, a young couple move into their dream home and set about making it their own. Unfortunately, the former owner has her own agenda. Think of the house in the film The Money Pit . Now imagine if Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty lived there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about how difficult it can be to choose a place to call home, even when the sky is not the limit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about the push and pull of efficiency and inefficiency in daily life at home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about the urge to either relocate or redecorate based on the good feelings we experience during vacations, and about how getting a little out of one’s own context can change a person, for better or for worse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about entering and departing, leaving and landing, lingering and resting, via stoops and porches and doorways Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about how the seemingly humble cabins and pretty little cottages in children's picture books represent some fairly high-priced real estate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about life choices, including the desire to rehab old houses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about the travails of unpacking boxes of books after moving to a new house Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An essay about the search for authenticity, in part through life lived in old houses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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