Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Oh boy. What drives this sudden spontaneity? Could be a number of things. Could be Weltangst with regard to a world gone whacky. Could therefore be a kind of Candide'ian' retreat to a sanctuary of sustainable sanity. Could also be the imminent empty nest syndrome that has brought this on. A mid-life crisis? No, that usually entails buying something red.
Hubby and I have made an offer on a house. An accepted offer on a house in the very town where we have been planning our escape for some time. Why? Well our fantastical post-children flights of fancy are a wee-bit premature for one thing. Turns out college kids want to come back during holidays. With friends. Turns out our dog is a healthy 10-years-old and we can't in good conscious just dump her to a new home while we galavant. Turns out our ties to Europe and California still make Massachusetts a nice right-in-the-middle place equa-distant to both. Turns out my dreams to move back to Northern California are ridiculous at the moment given real estate prices there wouldn't afford us a dog house (as opposed to Massachusetts where the same money does just get you a dog house). Turns out that while Austria is equally appealing, it isn't exactly the high-tech Zentrum of the world for the high-tech-interested hubby.
So lo-and-behold along comes fate to intervene. "Here," it says. "Try this." Who knew that in the middle of historic town X where we live, there would be a California ranch house up on a hill with my name on it? Actually it's a California ranch house that blends the best of east and west: open west coast architecture meets New England ingenuity. The front of the house blends inconspicuously with its classic Colonial and Cape neighbors. The back of the house is reminiscent of the famous Southern Californian architect Richard Joseph Neutra (who just happens, by the way, to have been Austrian). Neutra was best known for his integration of the outside landscape into the interior of the house. He once said, "Place Man in relationship to Nature; that's where he developed and where he feels most at home!"
Closing date is June 30th. Nothing natural about that. Let the marathon of moving begin. I am terribly excited.
Hubby and I have made an offer on a house. An accepted offer on a house in the very town where we have been planning our escape for some time. Why? Well our fantastical post-children flights of fancy are a wee-bit premature for one thing. Turns out college kids want to come back during holidays. With friends. Turns out our dog is a healthy 10-years-old and we can't in good conscious just dump her to a new home while we galavant. Turns out our ties to Europe and California still make Massachusetts a nice right-in-the-middle place equa-distant to both. Turns out my dreams to move back to Northern California are ridiculous at the moment given real estate prices there wouldn't afford us a dog house (as opposed to Massachusetts where the same money does just get you a dog house). Turns out that while Austria is equally appealing, it isn't exactly the high-tech Zentrum of the world for the high-tech-interested hubby.
So lo-and-behold along comes fate to intervene. "Here," it says. "Try this." Who knew that in the middle of historic town X where we live, there would be a California ranch house up on a hill with my name on it? Actually it's a California ranch house that blends the best of east and west: open west coast architecture meets New England ingenuity. The front of the house blends inconspicuously with its classic Colonial and Cape neighbors. The back of the house is reminiscent of the famous Southern Californian architect Richard Joseph Neutra (who just happens, by the way, to have been Austrian). Neutra was best known for his integration of the outside landscape into the interior of the house. He once said, "Place Man in relationship to Nature; that's where he developed and where he feels most at home!"
Closing date is June 30th. Nothing natural about that. Let the marathon of moving begin. I am terribly excited.
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