decline of the middle class

The Vardo

The other task was constructing a Vardo, a gypsy caravan, in which the bride and groom will be transported to the place by the bay where they will exchange their vows. My contribution was to sew the canopy, for which I unearthed my great grandmother’s pinking shears. Classics, right down to the box they came The Vardo

The Wedding Preparations

Mark and Rose, my neighbors at the Barn, are getting married. For the last week we’ve been preparing for this event, which will take place on the land out in the back. I woke up Friday morning to find that the field was covered with Persian carpets right where the wedding tent will be.

Goodbye Hans

The rain had been coming down steadily all day here at the bay shore, suddenly breaking around 4 p.m. I’d just finished my work for the day when down my forlorn street came a troupe of colorfully dressed people in odd hats carrying big objects and headed as fast as they could for the bay. Goodbye Hans