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I have comments enabled on the blog posts and a few people have commented (thanks). I do occasionally get spam comments, however, which I delete instead of approving. You can usually tell they are spam because they are in Russian or ask you to visit some external website.

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Well, I am obviously not approving any of these comments, but I find them interesting enough to share anyway. Does anyone have an idea why someone would create a bot to make random comments like these? By the way, a quick internet search shows that tlover tonet has commented on a lot of different blogs across the internet and even inspired one other blog to comment on tlover’s comments.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled site content. Next Wednesday, I meet with the builder, the architect, and the arborist on site, presumably to discuss tree removal. I will also test my new construction camera (for a second time) while I am there to make sure I can get a decent view of the existing house (and future house location) and I can correctly work the controls to actually get a movie out of it. I cannot leave the camera up at this time since it is too cold, but I will be sure to put it back before any work gets done.

We Met With the Architect Again …

We met with the architect again and I wrote another story page about it. Check out What is a Few Inches Between Friends.

In other news, our builder is back in town and will meet with the arborist today and then meet with our architect. We have been nailing down some more design details so a packet can be put together to submit to the town so we can get a building permit.

Current schedule, which is subject to change, is to try to demolish the existing house in April or earlier if the ground is not frozen (we should have the building permit in March). Then construction is estimated to be 14-16 months. With luck, we will be moving in by the end of the summer in 2026.

Chapter Five Posted

The latest chapter in the collected story of our Sudbury River House has now been posted. Please enjoy Taking Interior Design to the Next Level.

I do not have a topic for Chapter 6 yet, but the design process is moving forward, so I am sure I will have more material soon. In the meantime, the engineering firm is about to drill some test holes to see if there is a reasonable place to relocate the existing septic system, so watch where you step.

First Two Chapters Posted

I plan on documenting the process of building our new house on the Sudbury River, partially to warn people off the complexities that is home building and partially to entertain, but also to solicit sympathy for the stress of this process.

The story starts with The Search for a New House and continues with The Worst Real Estate Lawyer Ever, and both of these chapters have been published this morning. The next few chapters are still in the planning stage, but you should see them relatively soon as we catch up with real-time.

Meanwhile all of the story chapters will be accessible from the Sudbury River House page (accessible from the menu bar).

Photography Section is Finished

I have finished the Photography section of this website, including its child pages. I will periodically update the recent pictures, but otherwise most of the section is static.

I do have a backlog of photographs from years past that I should process and upload, but right now I will be focusing on the house.

New Headshots and Site Updates

I am working on filling in the static sections of the Gould Home website. I took the opportunity of Beth’s visit to get new headshots for the whole family, which have been added to the to the About Us page. And just to get a sense of how we have aged (gracefully, I hope), I created a Gould Family Pictures page in the Photography section which links a lot of family pictures from years past.

I have also moved over the Travel Journal index from the old website. And I have started to fill in the rest of the Photography section with two more child pages to go.

Welcome to the new Gould Home.

After an 18 year absence, we have decided to reestablish a web presence for the Gould family at www.gouldhome.com. I have decided to use WordPress and go for a simple template for now. We are not trying to sell you anything. Instead, this is just a way of keeping friends and family updated with goings on.

Our old web site is still online at old.gouldhome.com. That said, I will be linking some of the more interesting and timeless material from this new site.

It may take me a couple of weeks to get everything set up on the new site, so be patient.

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