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Handyman

Greetings

Ilona Erwin

Hi: I am finally posting here for the first time and find myself suffering from writer’s block! My name is ‘Handyman’, and my wife and I live in a 100+ year old farm house. I often say I live in a project, because after 21 years of being here, the projects are never ending. I […]

Handyman+ life stories Ilona Erwin

Trials of the Handyman’s Wife

Ilona Erwin

Actually nothing so dire, more like the conundrums, but then you wouldn’t have come to read…would you? Conundrum doesn’t have that salacious sound to it;) Anyway, here is my problem. I love my hard working husband, and I feel compassion for how much he has put into the house this year- literal blood, sweat, and […]

Handyman+ nuisance jobs Ilona Erwin

Kudos and Complaints

Ilona Erwin

I had sort of s semi-complaint about my husband in the Garden Journal today, but immediately after posting I started to think, and realize we all have our negatives and positives. I was grousing a bit about how my children break tools, and my husband doesn’t have the disposition to train them to take care […]

life stories+ my dad+ my husband Ilona Erwin

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I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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