Blaugust 2026

I lived in Washington, DC for 28 years. Walked past a lot of buildings in that time without ever looking twice. One of them was the National Academy of Sciences on Constitution Avenue. Big stone building, built in 1924, dedicated by Calvin Coolidge. I don’t remember ever really noticing it. Never …

I bought the tiny house in July 2024. It came prebuilt as a shell, so my dad has spent the two years since finishing the inside, on and off. Walls, floors, electrical, kitchen. I moved in the following spring, and there are still a few projects left. I helped where I could, but he did the work. I …