Tag: home
Posted on September 8, 2023
by Jan Peppler
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Remodeling a home as a verbal thinker Our house in Bellevue is going to need some work. Nothing structural, thank goodness. And all things considered (age of the house, having been a rental for twenty years, etc), the work is not really that much.… Continue Reading “Can You See It?”
Category: Building/Renovating/Decorating, featured, On the Topic of HomeTags: decorating, findinghome, home, homeproject, oldhomes, renovatingahome, verbalthinker, verbalthinking, visualthinker, visualthinking
Posted on January 12, 2023
by Jan Peppler
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“Because I was fifteen and generally an idiot, I thought that the feeling of home I was experiencing had to do with the car and where it was parked, instead of attributing it wholly and gratefully to my sister.” The Dutch House by Ann… Continue Reading “What Feels Like Home”
Posted on November 27, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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When you’re sick, it’s always better to be sick at home.
Posted on November 18, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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If worse came to worse, where would you go?
Posted on October 27, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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“La mia casa ė la tua casa.” I’ve been saying this quite a bit in the last week. I’m sure you know this phrase in Spanish, mi casa es tu casa: my home is your home. This is the ultimate offer of hospitality, yes?… Continue Reading “My Home May Not Be Your Home”
Category: featured, Italy, New Home/ FindingHome, On the Topic of Home, TravelTags: 1europroperty, castelvetrano, castelvetranosicily, findinghome, home, italianproperty, Italy, purchasingproperty, purchasingpropertyinItaly, renovatingahome, sicilianproperty, Sicily
Posted on October 20, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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“Please, just let someone else sleep with you.” I was sitting on my bed and talking to my house. Begging her, actually. A few months earlier, I had put all my personal belongings in storage and moved only some clothes, books, and essentials to… Continue Reading “There’s a Spirit in Your House”
Category: On the Topic of Home, PersonificationTags: beloved, depthpsychology, findinghome, home, jameshillman, JungianPsychology, marktwain, monsterhouse, Personification, psychology, scaryhomes, theshining, tonimorrison
Posted on September 24, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Could an old decommissioned railroad building be made into a home?
Category: ItalyTags: #findinghome, 1eurohome, home, internationaltravel, italianproperty, Italy, oldhomes, oldrailroadhouse, railroadhouse, sicilianproperty, Sicily
Posted on September 17, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Thank goodness for kids and pets
Posted on September 9, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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How the Seasons Affect our Relationship with Home
Posted on August 26, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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The Search Continues
Category: Italy, New Home/ FindingHome, On the Topic of Home, TravelTags: findinghome, home, homeawayfromhome, internationaltravel, Italy, ladolcevita, purchasingproperty, purchasingpropertyinItaly, Sicily, Travel
Posted on August 19, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Four years ago, I moved to Oklahoma. I had sold my home in Idaho a few months earlier and spent two months on the road touring the south, looking for my next place to live. Oklahoma was not even a remote possibility. That spring,… Continue Reading “A New Lease”
Posted on July 31, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Change happens and it often comes with some discomfort.
Category: Meditations on Living, New Home/ FindingHomeTags: change, findinghome, GeorgeCarlin, home, lifechanges, moving, stuff, toomuchstuff, transitions, wellbeing, wellness