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“I don’t want to give up my privacy.” I hear this a lot when I’m talking to people about shared housing. It is often the first reaction a person has to the idea. It’s an honest reaction and one well …
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Cups on hooks, do they belong there? What happens when you find yourself in a shared housing situation and you discover that your home-mate does things differently. Do you bring it up so often …
Letting go of a good housemate is a sad thing. But it happens. For a good percentage of my adult life I've lived in a shared housing environment--platonic and romantic--where in all cases it …
The Winter House, by Joan MacCracken is the heartwarming fictional tale of four single women in their seventies who spend the five months of winter living together in rural Maine. They make this …
Almost 20 years ago, my late partner and I were faced with the issue of an adult child needing a home. My partner's son had broken up with his girlfriend, had been living with his brother and his …
Failing health can mean living in a wheelchair. This is about Tasha, my best friend, and her failing health. Tasha was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. This …
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