claudia's surf city

Fighting with the fighting fish?  

 Even now, they are opening Ed's skull to take out a tumor on his brain. "I feel like a soft boiled egg," he said. The funny b...

 Edie Blane's memoir of life on Block Island back in the day before indoor plumbing has finally come out. Those of us who have heard her...

 Almost ready for prime time.  Hannah and Chris hauled ass at Hannah's Hideaway yesterday, and it looks great. First renters next week. ...

It has been a steady stream of family and friends here on the Isle of Misfits. Erin and Flip and Madison moved into their new house. Johnny ...

Isaack's Room   Milla's Room My Truck in Their Back Yard This is not from my most recent trip to Providence with my sister, but the ...

Yesterday. I know you are probably sick of views from my windows, but Front page of the Block Island Times . An aerial view of the compound....

  by Isaac by Camilla I've survived so far by Claudia

  That's my knockout friend Edie in the middle. She grew up on Block Island, and some of her wonderful reminiscences are in this youtube...

 A lot has happened in the past week, so sorry not sorry for taking a posting vacation. After packing up the things that never made it from ...

The peeling wallpaper was removed. The plaster and primer were applied.   Zyambo will continue after my departure. Tomorrow. Taking my tiny ...

     As the bathroom is deconstructed (unpacked???), aged wallpaper has come into view. I almost want to to redo it. Almost.   In other apar...

   Camilla Imogen has become a model. Well, not really: She has become a designer. She had a vision of a summer dress. She made a pattern ou...

 Have I mentioned thatI should have either become a plumber or married one? I have 9 toilets, 4  bathtubs, kitchen sinks and dishwashers, 3 ...

      That's the new World Trade. That's Donna with her new blue and yellow hair.      That's Fanny with a crabapple tree. Her ...

  So yesterday I got this loaf of Irish soda bread in the mail. Doro baked it, I craved it, and she sent it posthaste. I posted up her recip...

 Out once again! Barb took the picture. Another nice day!

  Still loving the spring look thanks to Kate Knapp. But more visitors at the table these days post shots. Fanny and Ryan (and of course Don...