You Have New Mailbox!

We got an official looking PS Form 4056 from our friendly letter carrier informing us our mailbox was too short. This came as no surprise, but it matched the neighbor's, so we felt no real hurry to replace it. It had been in service for many years, even customized with a wooden pull out drawer Frank made. But it swiveled on its post, and the flag wouldn't stay up, and our mail carrier threatened to stop delivering the mail. (Wait, is it really a threat to say you won't bring my bills to me? Let me think this over.) So we made a run to our neighborhood Lowe's and found one that suited our needs and a nice cedar post that might not rot before someone knocks it over when they misjudge the ice, or the curve, or both. It was probably our easiest home project to date, though at times I was concerned about my proximity to a powered saw blade. Everyone came out intact, and even the mail lady seemed happy Saturday, even though she had to come up the driveway to make her delivery, because we were in the middle of the job.

On a completely different subject, every house has an oddity or seven. John and I have noticed a strange phenomenon in ours: one particular section of The Longest Hallway in the World® seems to magically produce shards of safety glass. It's been doing this for several months now. The pieces are rarely larger than a fingernail, dull, and always found on the south side of the hallway, usually in the crevice where the carpet meets the wall. It's very strange. I think it must be a wormhole, a tunnel through space to a safety glass factory. I've decided to keep track of them to see just how many appear. So you'll see a new list on the left: Glass Shards the Wormhole has Produced. I'll add to it whenever we find a new one.