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Evans’ Rag

Vol 7 Issue 11

Always it seems I’ll have enough time. Hah! It’s already December.

My former architectural partner, Greg once said I acted as if time didn’t matter when it came to design. His comment stayed with me—though I don’t see it that way—more, that you get only so many shots at getting it right.

So November was mostly about finishing the working drawings for my fictitious house on the Outer Banks. Fictitious so far, anyway. Part of that time was waiting for my structural engineer to correct things. And part was resisting some of what he was telling me.

However, if it’s going to be built, I don’t want to regret how it turns out—and I don’t want to find out one day a monster hurricane took it away.

The design wind speed on the Outer Banks is 140 miles per hour. That’s what the structures are supposed to withstand. Anyone who’s paid attention to the recent hurricanes in our ever-warming oceans won’t think that too conservative. Down in South Florida, the design wind speed in 180 miles per hour. Monsters that size keeps me up at night.

“What’s the airspeed velocity of an unladen a swallow?”

“What do you mean—African or European swallow?” Monty Python’s Holy Grail

So Sally in Paris, the book’s out, and I’m doing my best to promote it. Though not being a marketing kinda guy, it’s not likely to hit the Times’ best seller list. Having said that, this month’s Medium story finally got written.

I still need readers, so if your email works, let me know.

I hope Thanksgiving found all of you in fine enough fettle. If you know what a fettle is, you have one up on me.