The article I referred to the other day is in today’s paper! A while ago writer Anh-Minh Le, a frequent contributor to the home and garden section of the San Francisco Chronicle, contacted me about including me in an article about people who have moved back to their childhood homes. We e-mailed back and forth, and as I mentioned last week, photographer Eric Luse came by the house to take some photos. Ah, you should have seen Thom and me frantically cleaning before the photo shoot; I think I was channeling both Brini Maxwell and Hyacinth Bucket. It turns out our living and dining rooms didn’t end up being used in the final spread, but the upshot is now they are immaculately neat. (Let’s see how long that lasts.)
Well, it’s finally in the paper, and I think the whole thing turned out great. It’s neat reading about people in somewhat similar situations. Enjoy: “
Finding your way back home: Grown children return to the family nest and update it for the next generation.” I especially love the photo of Thom and me sitting on the curb!
[I went out and picked up a copy of the paper, and there’s even a little version of that photo above the banner on the front page. Cool! (PDF)]
8 replies on “‘Finding your way back home’”
AWWW!!! Cute photo. Sweet article, too.
What a wonderful article! I really enjoyed reading it. The accompanying photograph of you two is beautiful–and the embodiment of Home.
A built-in ironing board? That’s awesome! Nice article.
That’s so cool! And a very nice article.
How cool? Very nice article and love the photos too… even Alex made it in, that’s great! I can sort of relate. My parents have lived in the same house since 1963 (so 4 years before me!)… when I go back I still sleep in my old room… so pretty neat, but also a bit strange. I just wish my parents would have upgraded that house like you & Thom and your family!
Wow… that was a really nice article, just beautifully composed… a story of home.
Wow! That is very cool you two were featured. Congrats! I don’t know if I could ever move back to my hometown of Caldwell, Idaho. Although, I will say that every time I go back to visit my father, it does seem to be making progress in small ways. Sometimes I do crave being closer to him. Someday?
congratulations on a sweet article and nice photos as well!