Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Pedley's Ponderings

Sometimes, everybody wins

The plight of owning an old home is that nothing ever seems "done." Our to-do list is always loaded, not that we have any ambition to chip away at it anyway.

Pressure to cross several items off that list ramped up in May when Kaity and I put our 105-year-old Ocheyedan home on the market. We are hoping to move to Hartley soon, but that decision has necessitated a flurry of activity at family headquarters before any boxes get packed

Big projects like new siding, soffit fascia and living room trim have been hired out. We ordered new basement and garage windows as well, and the old crank window in...