Category Archives: post-Sandy blog

I think, if you asked each of the Worthington siblings their life’s story, you’d get four different tales in return. But one thing I feel fairly confident in declaring as a shared experience, and one that was recently most helpful … Continue reading →

If you insure something (oh, let’s say a house) for a certain amount, and you pay for that insurance, but then that thing you’ve insured gets destroyed, how is it that those insurance companies only have to pay 50% (to … Continue reading →

We don’t get cicadas out here – just evening West Nile mosquitoes, daytime West Nile mosquitoes, deer ticks with diseases (like Lyme, babesiosis – which I had, and some unpronounceable 3rd kind) … and slugs. I’d pitch a tent in … Continue reading →

We could just raise the house, as they’re doing a few doors down… I hear “Rebuild” New York ads. But they just make me mad. They’ve made it a hard process! The pile of paperwork is 3 feet high and … Continue reading →

A friend of mine named her cat Alley. I thought it was clever! So I named the little, black, crooked cat with the golden eyes (that seemed to come with the trailer) that lives under things in my driveway, Alley. … Continue reading →

We’re living in a trailer – a single-wide – parked in our driveway. We’re electrified directly, but the sewer and water go thru the house. It’s weird, to walk thru the house now. Everything has been moved into the trailer … Continue reading →

What was I saying? Oh yes, our plans, I should state, are to have our 100-year-old house demolished and a new foundation built, with a partially pre-fabbed modular house dropped on top. The idea being that time and money are … Continue reading →

How do you tell a story that is still happening? Somehow, you just have to start where you start because, really, think about it, there IS no real start, as far as stories go usually. Sometimes you have to risk … Continue reading →