"It's worth a try to do the campaign, houses like these are rare. (I'm) Fascinated by your bravery at even taking this on."
- Lu Donnelly
project manager, Pittsburgh Architects and Buildings [PghAB]
"If people will raise money for potato salad, why wouldn't they improve a neighborhood?"
- Ashley Biega
art educator and North Side resident
"It takes a team to win."
- Darryl Jackson, winning basketball coach
Two first-time renovators get burned and reach out for help. (https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/you-can-help-restore-an-historic-home)
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
As seen in the Northside Chronicle.
As mentioned in the September 2014 issue of the Northside Chronicle, Dominick and I will soon be launching a crowd-funding campaign so that we can recover from the damage caused by our contractor. We humbly ask in advance for your support.
Friday, August 29, 2014
TV. My source for great spiritual wisdom.
As transcribed from an episode of "Kung Fu."
HO FONG: They took our money, our cart, our clothes. Everything we had of value.
MASTER KAN: Except that which is irreplaceable, your lives. How did you come to leave the main road?
HO FONG: Because we were fools. We trusted a stranger.
KWAI CHANG: He was an old man with a kind face and a gentle manner.
MASTER KAN: Bring them clothes. (Pause.) Ho Fong… what lesson have you learned form this?
HO FONG: Never trust a stranger.
MASTER KAN: Kwai Chang… what lesson have you learned from this?
KWAI CHANG: To expect the unexpected.
MASTER KAN: Ho Fong… in the morning when you are well and rested, you will leave the temple.
HO FONG: When should I return, Master Kan?
MASTER KAN: To us, never. (Pause.) You are troubled about your friend Ho Fong?
KWAI CHANG: I do not understand why he was told to leave, and not I, when I was equally responsible for trusting the old man.
MASTER KAN: We do not punish for trust. If while building a house a carpenter strikes a nail. It proves faulty by bending. Does the carpenter lose faith in all nails and stop building his house?
KWAI CHANG: Then we are required to trust. Even if we are often reminded of the existence of evil.
MASTER KAN: Deal with evil through strength. But affirm the good in man through trust. In this way we are prepared for evil, but we encourage good.
KWAI CHANG: And is good a great reward for trusting?
MASTER KAN: In striving for an ideal, we do not seek rewards. Yet trust does sometimes bring with it a great reward.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
More nice people saying nice things.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
We need the hope.
We need a hero to help us out
To save this piece of art
To save this humble house
We gotta do it
This historic house
Was a home for
Hard-working people and
We can't just let it rot
We need the hope
Lyrics by Braden Ball and Olivia Ball
Lyrics by Braden Ball and Olivia Ball
Monday, August 25, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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