1969 House and Hearth

   We never lived, just the two of us, in the house.  When we moved in, so long ago now, we had a weeks-old  infant in arms, so the focus was never on how to make the plain and modest structure into a home.  Whatever happened, happened as it became first home to a child and a new family. 
    The hearth fires burned brightly for a time, but time is subject to change, must change.  What once seemed  permanent became only a space in time.