Work continues

I’m about a fourth of the way through Vril, and things are running smoothly. It is fun to read the book because, honestly, there is a lot I have forgotten. I’m also working through my marketing plan for Island of Stone and trying to get it out to as many people as possible. It is currently offered for free until April 8th. I’m hoping that with barriers removed, some people will read and review it. It’s an exciting story!

Today, after this post, I will work on Vril a bit more, and then I need to tackle another beast- home ownership. I may have mentioned that about ten years ago, we bought a house, and that the remodel took up a lot of my writing time over the past years. Well, the saga continues, as any homeowner will know. We lost some front-step bricks this winter, and of course, the insurance company just happened to make their rounds before I could fix them. Nothing like masonry on a cold spring day.

The house is beautiful, but it was built in 1950 and is beginning to show its age. We knew it was going to be work, and since we were living in the Boston area, buying a brand-new home would have been much more expensive than fixing this one. Since we bought it, we have replaced the electrical, the roof, and the boiler. I’ve completely remodeled the kitchen (gutted it down to studs and rebuilt), updated all three baths (replacing sinks, toilets, refinished an antique tub and redid a shower- I hate plumbing), built a 60 foot long retaining wall from scratch by myself (had big muscles that year), painted every room in the house, painted a mural that surrounds our whole dining room, and completed a number of landscaping projects. To top it off, this winter we lost a 100-year-old maple in our backyard, which caused some damage. Needless to say, it has kept me busy. In a later post, I will go over it in more detail and provide pictures for those who are interested. In any event, I have about 15 bricks to replace, and I’m running out of mortar during a pandemic. I hope I have enough! Wish me luck.