Along with windows and lots of light, I love studying words and where they came from. That just might have something to do with my passion for writing too. This morning, I was sent on a little journey all because of the term “clerestory windows.” When you have a window cleaning business, customers often ask [...]
Archive for February, 2011
22 Feb
DUSTY BLINDS
I am not sure where or when exactly, but my first recollection of a window blind is more vivid as a smell than it is as something I saw. You know, that sort of dusty, musty smell that emanated from things hanging in a window that needed to be cleaned more than they usually were. [...]
20 Feb
REGARDING FEBRUARY
“Why, what’s the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” - William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing I realize that the time of year should have nothing to do with our happiness, but does anyone else find February to be a kind of weird month? The fact [...]
15 Feb
BEAM ME UP PLEASE
Well darn. I don’t think this house needs any window treatments from For Your Windows, but I bet a professional window cleaner keeps the glass clean. I have no reason to visit Chattanooga, Tennessee right now; however, if I do in the future I may rent this house just for fun. It is used now [...]
13 Feb
OUT OF THE BLUE
At the risk of sounding like I have been living under a rock, I am blogging about colorful windows today that for some reason I have not highlighted before. I have never had the experience of sightseeing in Chicago, which explains some of my ignorance, but I am not sure why I did not remember [...]
11 Feb
10:03 TO YUMA
I know the movie was 3:10 to Yuma, but because it actually took us 10 hours and 3 minutes to get to Yuma from Albuquerque yesterday, I thought it was an appropriate title. I will be here blogging for a few days, which is better than I was doing this week at home for some [...]
7 Feb
JUMP-START SPRING
It looks like things are thawing out a bit, at least here in New Mexico. I mentioned in my last post that a lot of squeegees were on vacation because their potential window cleaning customers were a bit anxious about cleaning the windows in the winter. Hey, guess what? Windows can be cleaned in February, [...]
3 Feb
GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE
Well, I could say I have been under the weather for the past few days, but fortunately, I am healthy as usual. Here in New Mexico we have had some record breaking cold temperatures. I could bet money based on all the weather that hit the US this week that there are a lot of [...]
