Tag Archives: repairs

JACK OF ALL TRADES

Posted on December 15, 2022 by | 2 comments

 

 

Inside, the basic tools,

wrenches, pliers and ratchets

under the back seat

 

to take things apart

and put back together

fixed, or so we hope

 

when working on ourselves—

but only if we know

how things work.

 

 

 

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RESTORING THE DECK

Posted on October 31, 2022 by | 3 comments

 

Tenuous, dangerous navigating

redwood sagging on rotting joists

even the dogs avoided

 

and it took years to make repairs,

slices of time wedged between

perpetual routines

 

caring for the survivors of drought

when there was no grass or water.

It took the expertise of a patient friend

 

we have learned to love

and work with—Robbin and I

comprising only half-a-man.

 

                        for Jeff Spoelstra  

 

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