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House Doodles

House Doodles

17 episodes

4 hours ago

Welcome to the audio version of my website House Doodles, an online notebook of my growing collection of essays, short stories, daydreams, and doodles where I contemplate houses and life in them.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the audio version of my website House Doodles, an online notebook of my growing collection of essays, short stories, daydreams, and doodles where I contemplate houses and life in them.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (17/17)

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

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2 years ago

11 minutes 34 seconds

House Doodles

A piece of microfiction showing how even laundry offers a chance for contemplation.

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2 years ago

1 minute 2 seconds

House Doodles

A piece of microfiction about standing at the intersection of solitude and community in a small town and choosing which direction to turn.

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2 years ago

9 minutes 45 seconds

House Doodles

A piece of microfiction about the loss that occurs in increments in our home lives

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3 years ago

1 minute 38 seconds

House Doodles

A Little Peace and Quiet

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

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3 years ago

12 minutes 51 seconds

House Doodles

Just Be Done With It

An essay about the long road of housework and working on the house, and the end of the journey

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3 years ago

24 minutes 8 seconds

House Doodles

At the Trailhead

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

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3 years ago

6 minutes 11 seconds

House Doodles

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.

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3 years ago

32 minutes 42 seconds

House Doodles

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe

An essay about how difficult it can be to choose a place to call home, even when the sky is not the limit

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3 years ago

18 minutes 39 seconds

House Doodles

An essay about the push and pull of efficiency and inefficiency in daily life at home

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3 years ago

19 minutes 52 seconds

House Doodles

Home Away from Home

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

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3 years ago

13 minutes 13 seconds

House Doodles

Comings and Goings

An essay about entering and departing, leaving and landing, lingering and resting, via stoops and porches and doorways

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3 years ago

10 minutes 49 seconds

House Doodles

Piggies and Bears

An essay about how the seemingly humble cabins and pretty little cottages in children's picture books represent some fairly high-priced real estate

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3 years ago

14 minutes 4 seconds

House Doodles

A Worthwhile Endeavor

An essay about life choices, including the desire to rehab old houses

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3 years ago

16 minutes 35 seconds

House Doodles

An essay about the travails of unpacking boxes of books after moving to a new house

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3 years ago

24 minutes 10 seconds

House Doodles

Age and Authenticity

An essay about the search for authenticity, in part through life lived in old houses

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3 years ago

22 minutes 51 seconds

House Doodles

About House Doodles

About House Doodles

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3 years ago

3 minutes 43 seconds