The Bunker

These are some clips about the Towner House I copied from YHF newsletters while we were still living in Ypsilanti. We decided to move before I figured out what happened to it.


"Bring paint scrapers, wire brushes, and your lunch - we'll provide coffee We had two good work sessions on the inside of the house last fall - we should be able to get a lot done on the outside in two days." June 14, 1975


"At this writing, the house has been about half scrapped and primed and, hopefully, by the time of our first meeting, the scraping and the priming will be done and a good part of the final paint coat will be on and the house will soon be an asset to the community again. We had some help with scraping we NEED HELP WITH PAINTING!" September 24, 1975

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These are some bits I copied from YHF newsletters when we were still living in Ypsilanti.

"DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI - LOOKING UP? Did you know that the city has recently been awarded a matching grant of $7,000 from the State History Division for a Facade Study of downtown Ypsilatni?? This means $14,000 will be used to study and draw up designs for revivication of fronts in our downtown area. In most cases where this kind os study has been made, visible improvements have followed.

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We have so much in common with the former owners of our house it's creepy. This was their first house. He was into radios and militaria. She didn't work outside the house and spent her summers gardening and tending to the fruit trees out back. Let's hope we don't start a family and forget about finishing the upstairs and the storefront.

The trip was uneventful. Chaos cried while Evel played dead.

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One's of Mark's recent posts reminded me of a book I used to read as a child called Struwwelpeter. My grandmother will be pleased to hear that it is now available online, complete with the original illustrations.


Snip! Snap! Snip! the scissors go;
And Conrad cries out - Oh! Oh! Oh!

Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast;
That both his thumbs are off at last.

Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands,
And looks quite sad, and shows his hands;-

"Ah!" said Mamma "I knew he'd come

To naughty little Suck-a-Thumb."

• Unidentified painted objects. This one is on the back of our bathroom door.
• Home blessing by the seller.
• Mystery keys and pills.
• Dipole Antennas
• Books with little handwritten notes in them.
• Swords and knives.
• Pictures of the house in the 50's.

Steve and I have a new blog about our life in Hamtramck.


It'll be more interesting when we actually live there. I promise.

We were only 1 for 3 last year, though we did get married and I'm sure that counts for something.

• Open store - Not possible. Storefronts in Ypsilanti need too much work, getting venture capital for retail operations is impossible, and health insurance is too expensive.
• Buy house in the City of Ypsilanti - 4 days from buying a house in the City of Hamtramck. I feel like we dodged a bullet.
• Replace car - check!

This year, we have a little more on our plate.

• Move to Hamtramck.
• Have roof replaced.
• Rewire home electrical system.
• Install lead filration system.
• Complete repairs suggested by home inspector.
• Plant herb garden.
• Plant vegetables.
• Consider planting fruit trees.
• Camp at least one weekend.
• More canning, including some cherries this year.
• Maintain 2 blogs.