It's noisy enough at times to make me yearn for a place of my own. And then in that moment I saw a story about a man, a great living American who strikes out and has a carpenter build a little space for himself (complete with bathroom, kitchenette, and DSL) while telling his wive he's building a storage shed in the back yard of their Arkansas home. The New York Times Home and Garden section, published February 21, 2008, details his exploits. Philip Besonen, who wrote of his own secret efforts, explains simply...
I wanted to build a cottage in our backyard. The problem was my wife. I had to do it before she noticed.I don't know quite why I'm so jealous. A buddy in Fargo has a little shed in his backyard that's mostly forgotten, but this cottage, modeled on a Finnish Mokkis (pronounced like hokey) built right under the nose of his wife without her catching on at all has really gotten my imagination running. Who knows--maybe I'll build one of my own some day. There's a great picture of a mokki on Wikipedia. for now it's just kind of neat to see one man pull of such an accomplishment without his wife figuring it out until the very end.
