Monthly Archives: May 2013

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  this old house: my life in a highly permeable membrane

  Posted on May 10, 2013 by nikki in aid work, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.

  My house breathes. That’s not the technical term for it, of course – the technical term is that it has “excessive air infiltration.” I had an energy efficiency audit last week that confirmed it. Jim from the energy utility here in Austin hooked up a blower door to my entryway and let it rip. The […]

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  living with chronic pain – someone else’s: part 2

  Posted on May 7, 2013 by nikkimeredith in family, migraine and chronic pain.

  My husband walks in the door from work. I’m in the kitchen chopping vegetables.  He kisses me and asks how I am. I shrug and then place the tips of my three middle fingers over my right eye – the sign that I have a migraine.   “Oh no,” he says. “I’m so sorry.” And he […]

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