I know people refer to the area at the very bottom of their house as a basement.
Considering my age o
f 94, I go back to the time that area was called a cellar. I lived in a small two family house that had a cellar with a dirt bottom and a coal burning stove. While there is no comparison to my current house,I still refer to the area as a cellar. The cellar in my house, is my favorite area. I have and still do spend a great deal of time down there. It is not a place with a dirt floor, but cemented and an up to date a gas heater. Suffice it to say there is no comparison to the cellar in the house where I grew up.
f 94, I go back to the time that area was called a cellar. I lived in a small two family house that had a cellar with a dirt bottom and a coal burning stove. While there is no comparison to my current house,I still refer to the area as a cellar. The cellar in my house, is my favorite area. I have and still do spend a great deal of time down there. It is not a place with a dirt floor, but cemented and an up to date a gas heater. Suffice it to say there is no comparison to the cellar in the house where I grew up.
Notwithstanding I have a beautiful house, It is my cellar I consider to be my most favorite part. I recognize a reader could be taken aback, but I believe my explanation may justify it. While as a lawyer for fifty years, I nevertheless over the years, became interested in building furniture, and engaging in sculpture. Over the years I constructed about 100 pieces of furniture and about 50 pieces of sculpture. All of these items were made by me in my cellar, a work area that was mine without any kind of intrusion. To make clear a justification was in order, I enclose a photograph of some of my furniture and sculptures and it is the reader who will make a decision if my justification is warranted.
Ben Haber
January 24, 2022
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