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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines 
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For Sale Hundred Year Old House with memories of old no ghosts to haunt no treasures to find just touches edged in gold decorated with love and care needs new owners 12 rooms to share |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Well written, the sadness of the house for sale. Always touches me, when I see the signs and pass the empty porches, and so much history embraced in plaster walls. Someone will love it again. ThisDiamond |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I don't believe anyone will ever love it as much as I have for the last 24 years... ~sighing~ M |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Nakdthoughts - selling out I see, hoping things are well with you... BC |
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S Arthur Grey Senior Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 719woven by a poet's loom |
Been about that long for me too, in the 19th C house, but it is as much an albatross now as anything. If houses had their choice of owners . . . I wonder . . . Good luck with your new situation, M. S Arthur |
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Chanson Senior Member
since 2000-08-19
Posts 1559Up Creek w/Out Paddle |
That '12 rooms' is sooooo tempting. I could get lost from the other 5 once in a while. haaaa j/k ... sorta. *s And on a more serious note, your poem says more than you didn't say I'd imagine. No doubt those walls envelope so many memories, each crack in the plaster was lovingly filled, each molding lovingly grounded. You hands can find another one and new memories can begin. *s When you think you have heard it all, |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Maureen, Enjoyed the read but the house is a little big for me.  |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Are you paying the closing costs?....Very well written piece sweetie....I really did like this.. |
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HopeS Member Elite
since 2000-12-22
Posts 4596Perth Western Australia |
maureen I sense the sadness and I do know how much of your heart was in this place , in fact I still have pics of your house somewhere saved on floppy disc Hope |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
I love this, Maureen... I think houses have personalities which are written into their walls. I will try to find my house poem and re-post it for you in a bit...  ~ hugs from an unhaunted chipmunkLyra |
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Tammy Blessing Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 366PA |
I myself have never sold a house, but I know the memories they can contain. When my Mother sold the house I grew up in it broke my heart...but be of good cheer. It's not the house that makes the home,but the people in it. Good luck. peace,love,light and happiness Tammy |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Maureen, It's hard to let go of a place where you've lived. But the way I look at it is, now it's time someone else can share some memories there. Though of course, my experience in this is a lot less than yours. I've only had to worry about apartments, and my hometown when I moved... Mike |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
hey just get some roommates and have a blast! Plus you'll make lots of rent money, lol |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Nice poem, but it's a bit far for me to travel. Keth Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I thank all of you for your kind concern...I am struggling to hold onto it, as it is the only thing beside my health that is valuable to me..in more ways then just money. passing shadows..I may just do that ..rent a few rooms out...I am still working on a few plans to stay here. Some days the easy solution would be to sell and the other day I was overwhelmed by threats from my temporary other half at this time and anxious about how to keep up the payments. But today has been a good day, a positive one since I spent much of my day researching solutions.  and Lynne...you won't be that far away in a month..but I will not be home either *s Thank you ALL again. hugss Maureen |
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