In Other Worlds

When I wrote my first post of the year, I felt the need for some change in my life, and so I’ve chased it down. I’ve moved…this blog. My hosting with GoDaddy was expiring, and I was seriously sick of their gross, sexist commercials, so I moved all my junk on the net over to GreenGeeks. They buy wind energy credits for 3 times the amount of energy they use, and they don’t have sickening commercials. Also, they’ve been super helpful by moving everything for me and being very responsive. So far, I’m thrilled.

I’m also moving my real-life stuff downtown. I’ll be in a historic neighborhood with a community organic garden within walking distance of all of the shops and restaurants of LoDa (the Lower Dauphin Street area of downtown). I’m renting a floor in one of the awesome old houses. I can’t wait (except I could totally wait on all the painting we have to do tomorrow)!

One to my favorite things to do there has just been to walk around the neighborhood and look at all the neat homes. (There’s a wikipedia article about the area where you can see some. They definitely didn’t pick my favorites in that article, but I haven’t taken my own pictures of them yet.) But there’s one house in my area that is my favorite to contemplate, the one that is missing.

There are a few empty lots in the neighborhood of historic homes that didn’t make it, but for the most part, those lots are open and have had shared space items, like swings or fountains. This lot is mostly hidden behind a wall in which there are two openings. One opening is guarded by the curious pair fools or scholars (it’s hard to tell which) pictured above. The other features a small curved staircase that leads nowhere. The lot contains one magnolia with a “Beware of Dog” sign, but the dog appears to have vanished with the rest of the property. I’ve searched the address in Google looking for a tragic accident and found none. After the move settles, I’ll probably visit the local history library to look for information about both the house I am in and the one that has been abducted.

 
If you are my friend on Flickr, you can see a few pictures of the outside of the house in this pool. (If you aren’t on Flickr, but I know you, I can give you a password to view. Just ask.) I’ll post inside pictures after my things (and my cats) are there. It won’t be the same without them. Until then, Au’revoir!