Bootlegger’s Daughter
“The exterior’s sheathed in cedar shingles that have been stained a dark greenish gray. There are times, especially in deep summer, when the building almost disappears into its plantings of birch and fir. The illusion is further enhanced by the front sheet of glass that lets people gaze straight into a central garden planted with small deciduous trees so that it’s shady in summer yet flooded with sunlight all winter, a neat piece of passive solar planning.
Everybody goes ape over gracious old tr...aditional houses, but I grew up in one and I’m here to tell you they cost a fortune to heat and cool, and they’re a bitch to clean. If I ever build a house of my own, I’m going to steal Linsey Thomas’s blueprints.
Luther Parker was just getting out of his car when I pulled up in front of the Ledger building shortly before eight-thirty. The paper goes to press at eleven on Fridays, and we wanted to make sure Linsey had time to put together an accurate account.
As Luther held the door for me, the receptionist, who doubled as Linsey’s secretary, looked at the phone she was holding and then at us with an air of confusion.MoreLess
Everybody goes ape over gracious old tr...aditional houses, but I grew up in one and I’m here to tell you they cost a fortune to heat and cool, and they’re a bitch to clean. If I ever build a house of my own, I’m going to steal Linsey Thomas’s blueprints.
Luther Parker was just getting out of his car when I pulled up in front of the Ledger building shortly before eight-thirty. The paper goes to press at eleven on Fridays, and we wanted to make sure Linsey had time to put together an accurate account.
As Luther held the door for me, the receptionist, who doubled as Linsey’s secretary, looked at the phone she was holding and then at us with an air of confusion.MoreLess
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