“The Little House,” by David.

I’m mighty happy to be in my new home, but one of the things I miss from the old place is my little 96-square-foot house. David Strickland designed it and built it in September 2008, and it is a real beauty. It has more than 250 linear feet of crown molding, a...

A New Day on Gosnold, Part 3

In “Driving Miss Daisy,” there’s a scene where Hoke is studying family pictures in Miss Daisy’s home and he comments “I just love a house with pictures, Miss Daisy. It do make a house a home.” When we first moved into 3916 Gosnold...

Pink Houses, Great and Small

The fact is, I’m just biding my time in the 21st Century until the smart people figure out how to travel through time. Once that happens, I’ll get back to the 1920s, where I belong. Until then, I’ll just have to pretend that’s where I live. My...

My Pink House

One of the questions I’m most frequently asked is, “Do you live in a Sears House?” No, but I live in a pink house that was built in 1925, and it’s a beautiful house, and that’s almost as good as a Sears House. In Summer 2010, we had the...