Category Archives: Remodeling/Construction

A Mid-Summer’s Memory

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Doc Arnett

The eruption of pastel trumpets on long slender tubes of green reminds me of my father’s passing, sixteen years ago. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Death & Dying, Family, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged casket, Charlie Arnett, death, dying, farming, flowers, gardening, life, Nakes Ladies, shrine, Surprise Lilies, tribute | Comments Off

I don’t know what it is about my boys that always seems to have us crawling around under a house. Sometimes we’re trying to put in new drain lines or new wiring or new water supply lines. Other times, we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Family, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adult children, Ben Arnett, Dan Arnett, improvement, Jeremiah Arnett, make things better, Sam Arnett, time together, water lines | Comments Off

Hard Work, Great Benefits

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Well, folks, I have inadvertently developed a new exercise. It focuses primarily on the abdominal core muscles but also provides an intriguing bit of accentuating capacity for the back, triceps, forearms, and shoulders. In fact, it is pretty close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Humor, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged concrete, crawl space, exercise, forgiving, Humor, mercy, remodeling, returning good for evil, work | Comments Off

The Labors of Love

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I sit, alone but not lonely,In the early morning dark of an empty house.I listen to the sound of coffee drippingInto the small pot in the cheap coffee makerThat sits on an old, heavily stained formica counter.There is much in … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Ben Arnett, carpentry, heaven, old houses, remodeling, repairs, reworking old houses, wiring | Comments Off

Working on Sam’s Cabin

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I am sitting on the steps of a small porch Of a small cabin tucked into the corner Of a big backyard in an old town in South Carolina. Coffee in hand on the last day in November, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged building, cabin, carpentry, construction, family, Sam Arnett, son, work | Comments Off

Plumb Aggravating

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Well, folks, It was a right aggravating day with the plumbing project. I’ll spare you the play by play reporting, but let’s just say that when Ben and I turned the water back on at his house, the results were … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged failure, frustration, humiliation, plumbing, water leaks | Comments Off

Dollar a Blister

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Some people just saw a big pile of rubble; I saw a chance to earn my own money. At age seven… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blisters, cleaning brick, cussing, earning, old house, trick or treat, work ethic | Comments Off

Learning from the Ants

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Doc Arnett

If we were as persistent about doing good as ants are about taking advantage of their opportunities, what great heavenly treasures we would have! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Humor, Nature, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged ants, opportunistic, wood damage, wood destroying insects | Comments Off

Digging Deep

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Hand digging a hole six feet deep in sticky clay is a hard way to remember much of the most important work we do is never seen by others. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged automatic waterer, clay, digging, Drinking Post, hard work, wet clay | Comments Off

A Reasonable Imitation

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Even if we can’t perfectly duplicate the example of Christ, hopefully we can get close enough that people recognize the pattern. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged architectural reproduction, column base, imitation of Christ, lathe, porch post, replication | Comments Off