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Our Remodel Has Kept Us Company — We’ll Miss the Carpenters, the Electricians and the Pile Drivers. Sheltering at Home Week 11

May 28, 2020 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

With the coronavirus sequestering us at home, our remodel has kept us company. It’s brought living, breathing — masked — people into our house. Read more.

I’m Bored. No, It’s Worse Than That. I’m Boring. Sheltering at Home Week 10

My Pretty New Clothes — Shall I Just Wear Them Around the House? Sheltering at Home Week 10

I Need a Haircut. Or do I? Sheltering at Home. Week 9

My Coronavirus Nightmare — I’m in a Crowd of People and I Forgot My Mask. Sheltering at Home Week 9

At 78, I Still Have a Lot of Living to Do — Do the Deciders Care? Sheltering at Home Week 8

Hallelujah! Our Porta-Potty Is Back. Construction Work Resumes. Sheltering at Home Week 8