by Kristi Robertson | Jun 27, 2022
Bones made of beams, the flesh of wooden boards, veins of electric wires, and a skin of paint: a house is a body. But what is a frame of sinew and bones alone? It is only a wall, a curtain, a ceiling, a room, the floor. It is a collection of inanimate objects bound...
by Laura Jablonski | Jun 16, 2021
Each time that I stood on the starting line for my high school cross country races, it would strike me as odd that the finish line was 3 miles away, but also plainly in sight only 10 yards to my right. Most cross country courses are arranged in a loop so that the...
by Laura Jablonski | Jul 2, 2020
She asked me when she came if I liked my new house. A kind old woman in a brown suit, holding a large clipboard and a leather satchel bursting with hundreds of other case files just like mine. She offered me a lollipop, the kind a dentist would hand out. She offered...
by Laura Jablonski | Aug 19, 2019
Picture this: A cement foundation poured, a frame built, and walls raised. A fresh layer of paint rolled on, and a roof delicately placed on top; the construction of a house. The creation of a home is a little bit different. Instead, home is built on a foundation of...
by Laura Jablonski | Aug 30, 2018
We lost our house in November. The insulation was that of a cardboard box with holes poked through and the window panes were welcome mats for intruding bugs and insects. Hot running water had been as extinct from the pipes as a dishwasher in the kitchen. Structurally...
