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   30 August 2010 · 02:25 PM ·

   Six in a Room

   by Michael

   We had one of our meetings the other night.  I love these meetings of ours, it’s the six of us in one of our apartments, (we all live in the same building already) eating, laughing and worrying.  Usually, one of the men will say or propose something that is roundly mocked by everyone else, including our own wives.   

   My contribution was the edible fish pond/jacuzzi idea that I thought was a particularly neat solution to the old problem of “what should we do with any roof top or courtyard space we end up with”. I’ll write some more on this idea later, as it is a good one and I feel it has not gotten a fair hearing, but my voice was drowned out by the sound of the rolling eyes of the wives. Anyway, it should give you an idea of where my thoughts and priorities are, or were.  

    

   Fortunately, there are wiser heads at work among us, and discussion these days is centering around two very attractive ideas:  buying and renovating an existing building and adding studio space, or purchasing a lot or two lots and building the whole thing from scratch. 

   Both ideas have attractive qualities, and as we discuss them we learn more about what, exactly, the various expectations we as individuals have regarding the building, the grounds and studios.

   I am here to tell you, there is nothing like a 30-year mortgage to tighten your focus and cast doubts on whether you really want that extra couple hundred square feet.    

   As we collectively accept the seriousness of this project we find ourselves getting pretty solid and specific about our needs.  This is a very good thing.  In the beginning we were, as a group, almost distressingly unformed in our sets of expectations.  It was confusing and too wide open.  Now we, in our meetings, are much better able grasp and voice the needs we are really only now understanding ourselves.

   fish pond musings

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