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I love this place more every time I visit. And yes, the downspout will get reattached to the gutters once they reinstall them; they’re replacing the roof at the moment.
I spent Labor Day afternoon there, by myself for the first time. I wanted to take a little road trip, and do a “dry run” to ensure I can turn on the water and all the correct breakers when I visit for longer. That task done successfully, I sat in the carport and did crosswords for a little while before moving inside and taking a restful nap on the couch for about an hour.
Even the drive was pleasant. I put on old R.C. Sproul podcasts, part of his series of the history of philosophy, and listened to him discuss Kant, Hegel, and Kierkegaard as I drove down the Ocoee on 64. The only slight blip was that I had to make an unscheduled stop in Ducktown to tuck the car’s loose plastic undertray back into place, and in leaving the parking lot of the bank in which I had completed the task, I spied, for the first time, the little East Polk Public Library, a strip-mall, hole-in-the-wall type library that reminded me of…things. This really is going to take a long, long time. But otherwise, it was a very pleasant trip, and reaffirmed my love for the little house and its environs.