Adventures in House-Sitting, Part 1

This week while my friends Amy and Paul are vacationing at a villa in Tuscany I’m home minding the castle at their 225-year-old house in Massachusetts. Nice house, but quirky. Amy left me a full page of notes, instructions, and “idiosyncrasies” such as “if the washing machine moves forward, lift it to replace or the legs will rip off” and “have items in ziploc bags in kitchen drawers – mice!” (Actually, I’m at my own house today and tomorrow – never mind, it’s complicated.)

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