I have a rendezvous with wallpaper. Originally, we’d planned to have Ben steam off the paper and paint this room, my favorite in the new house. But Ben is backed  up with other urgent projects for our farm – including a shelter for the animals –  and our list of things keeps changing. So I’m going to steam off the wallpaper and Maria and I will paint the room, our living room. Ben is getting me  a scoring tool and his recipe (water/vinegar) for spraying the wallpaper. He’s giving me a lesson Monday and then it’s my show.

Another step on the learning curve. I told my editor that when this is done, I can quit writing and make a living as a handyman, get a pickup truck and ride around with Red. She didn’t laugh as loud as one might hope.