Our story so far: As reality has caught up with this blog about converting a 126-year-old Methodist church into our home, I’ve run across a few odds and ends that occurred after I wrote about the subject initially. That’s how it goes with a real-time memoir. Sometimes stuff happens after publication. So this week, I’m sharing a few little stories that will ultimately be integrated into the relevant location in the memoir. Think of this as the time in the novel—especially a mystery novel—when you page back to reread a few passages to remind yourself about what’s going on. Here’s an update for Chapter 21.

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With the assistance of Reroofer, our agile roof walker, we pumped a thousand dollars of blow-in-insulation into the roof of the 126-year-old Methodist church. The proof was in the pudding, or in this case, in a late spring blizzard. Thanks to all that insulation keeping the heat inside, our house was the last one in the neighborhood with snow on the north roof.

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Tomorrow: We return to the real-time memoir with the opening of Chapter 23. Finally, spring arrives. Read it here.