…so the first view was the nasty dingy hallway, but its size was what drew us in.We turned right to enter what is now our living room and I will never forget how incredible it was to see the next view. The room is 35 ft long by 18ft, with pocket doors separating it into… Read More …then we turned a corner
We walked in and this was our first view. The First View Dark and cold, and very old and dirty. The house had been empty for 3 years. But immediately all I could see were the tall ceilings, the 30ft long hallway, the immense staircase and the moldings. I remember I pinched my husband… Read More Come on In!
Thought you would get a kick out of this. I sent this letter to Country Living Magazine a year ago, completely spontaneously and with NO other motive than to get some things off my chest. Two hours after I hit “send”, I began a 15 email conversation, and subsequent year long friendship with the Style… Read More My Old Lady
Welcome! This is MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE! My name is Lesli DeVito and this is my New blog about My Old Country House. I have two other blogs: one for my writing (lifewithoutmom-taketwo.blogspot.com – this blog will ABSORB that blog and the postings before this one are THAT blog) and the other for my Paintings (leslidevitopaintings.blogspot.com –… Read More Welcome to My Old Country House!
The aging ailing parent thing IS so sad. I often think “HOW can I love my children so much and then leave them like that in the end?” horrifying. so mostly, I just don’t think about it. It is what it is. I have come to see “it is what it is” as new, some… Read More It is what it is….Charlie and Me….
Three years ago, today, was the last day I saw my Mom alive. It was my husband who reminded me of this, this morning. The day was equally as beautiful as it is today. The air was clean and fresh, not hot, not cold, just perfect. I am fairly certain that the weather was an… Read More
Three years ago, today, was the last day I saw my Mom alive. It was my husband who reminded me of this, this morning.The day was equally as beautiful as it is today. The air was clean and fresh, not hot, not cold, just perfect. I am fairly certain that the weather was an invisible backdrop… Read More Things Come in Threes
the countdown is on! Pretend school, the one that is all ice cream parties and field trips and yearbook signing parties, and extended recess and field days: is in full swing and we are all sweaty and counting the minutes until we can be a little less: overextended. I have a list a mile long… Read More countdown
About 3 months ago, I sent this letter to a magazine. This could forever be known as the letter that changed my life. Dear Editors, I have subscribed to and have enjoyed your magazine for decades, throughout the college and NY city years, single, married, having babies. In the early years, I gleaned ideas and… Read More The Letter
