[Rhodes22-list] Another for Brad

[Robert Skinner]

Beautiful writing.  Juicy, but spare - just enough.

I am so lucky.

My grandfather's place is still standing and loved,
though no longer in the family
.
The first house I remember living in is still the
residence of working tree farm.

The second home I remember was built by my father,
and will likely endure for a long time.  He took no
prisoners, nor any shortcuts.

After I moved out to take my life in my own hands,
he built another house next to his first creation - a
copy of the Brush-Everhard house in Williamsburg,
with all the built-in cabinetwork, real plaster walls,
and Flemish bond brickwork.  He and my mother
died there, in my presence and with dignity, in that
perfect antique house.

/Robert
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elle wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Here's another of a different tone: Circle of life.
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> http://www.northernnecknews.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=39&idarticle=2282
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> It may have meaning for you right now.
>
> elle
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
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