About

Beginnings of the blog

Having purchased a very old Victorian house that needed a lot of repair, the renovator found his thoughts drifting as he removed paint from woodwork, patched plaster walls, and generally dealt with living in a renovation zone. This blog was created as a place to share those rambling thoughts on renovation, change, and challenge.

The renovator

Johnny, his husband, and their small-but-mighty dog live in the American Midwest. Johnny is an ordained minister with Universal Ministries, an international, interfaith ministry.

Words to Live By

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share with him your riches, but reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

Earl Warren

Let’s “build” something

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