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The house that Harvey built ( Harvey Kadlec) as a model house for Kadlec Estates–3122 153rd Ave. NW, Andover, Minnesota–became a home long ago.\u00a0 The kids have contributed memories and projects.\u00a0 The land around the house has had many iterations of plants and vegetables.\u00a0 Kate has sewing materials and tools scattered here and there.\u00a0 I have books and computers.<\/p>\n
With Kate off in the hospital this home reverts part way to house.\u00a0 Without her here part of the spirit of the home dwells elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Houses are inanimate, things of wood and metal, pipes and plastic.\u00a0 The house, or the apartment, at least in America, will have serial occupants.\u00a0\u00a0 Except for those folks who work with architects, their construction and\u00a0 siting decided by someone else, often a construction company, these sophisticated shells provide shelter from the elements and changing seasons.\u00a0 Various ports of entry connect a house to electrical service providers, a gas company, a cable or satellite service for TV and broadband internet, water and sewage removal.\u00a0 Often a patch of earth surrounds the house, a buffer between the house and the outside world.<\/p>\n
A home, now that’s another matter.\u00a0 A home is a house (or apartment) that has been made real in the Velveteen Rabbit way.\u00a0 It may have a step or two that jiggle when walked upon.\u00a0 Maybe one or two windows have their weatherstripping coming loose.\u00a0 The floors probably have scuff marks and once pristine walls have chips showing the wall board beneath.\u00a0 At any time there is probably a light bulb out somewhere.\u00a0 The gas fireplace stopped working two or three years ago.\u00a0 The water pressure is not what it once was.<\/p>\n
That brand new furniture that looked so good in the show room?\u00a0 A dog is asleep there now with a young boy.\u00a0 The cat scratched the chair and though long dead her mark remains.\u00a0 The beds in the home have bred dreams, consoled sadness and rocked with anticipation on holiday mornings.\u00a0 Showers have cleansed little boys before t-ball games, girls before prom, mom and dad before anniversary dinners or after funerals.<\/p>\n
Cars have been dissected across the dining room table.\u00a0 Gardens planned.\u00a0 Weddings, too.\u00a0 Thanksgiving dinners and birthday parties.\u00a0 The oven still has the remnants from a first cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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