No Hurry in J.C.
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Small Victories

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BBF sometimes gets pretty tired of me saying "Let's fix this today." Most people relax by watching television, I guess. He...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Bike to Work Day

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Burbank hosted its annual Bike and Walk to Work Day today. For me, that's just "going to work," but one of the three pit sto...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Don't Ask Unless You Really Want an Answer

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I sometimes get carried away with instructions. In my defense, the electrician did ask where I wanted the lights to go.
Sunday, May 07, 2017

Draw, Write, Color, and Edit Like a Girl

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I wondered if maybe I was too heartbroken to ever post again after giving up my 1990 Ford Taurus. But then I picked up Yancey at Burbank ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Farewell Old Friend

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My car, Henry the Ford Taurus (1990), was running perfectly on the 15th anniversary of my acquisition of him. I picked him up from my Jer...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

New Bamboo

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Here are my new floors! Getting them was crazy expensive, way beyond anything I had to pay back home just for refinishing hundred-year-ol...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Ask Me How I Know

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Here's what 22 boxes of solid bamboo flooring looks like.
Saturday, March 25, 2017

How Not to Buy a Ceiling Fan

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1) Spend a week occasionally browsing online. 2) Spend a few days really digging around online. 3) Friday: make an appointment with a...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Closed

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Tonight, I went by the hotel around the corner from my new condo and picked up the keys. From the bartender. Also the seller's rea...
Wednesday, March 08, 2017

In Contract

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I'm sorry I've been neglecting you, but I have news. I'm in contract to buy a condo in Burbank. I wish I could buy a 1920s...
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Marie Javins
An ex-New Yorker starts blogging with "No Hurry in Africa" in Uganda and Namibia in 2005, moves to Kuwait and Cairo to make comic books, circumnavigates the world for a second time in 2011, then just when she settles down to see what NYC and JC hold for her, finds herself unexpectedly off to Burbank for work.
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