I consult an information systems engineer at Concordia about what to wire through our house.  He suggests cat6 cable—the older standard, but more flexible connectivity than cat7.  He says that some people are even running their lights off this cable, which carries 12 volts.  I think we’ll stick with 120 volt.  Where our electricity is solar, I don’t mind consuming it in comfortable quantities.

Another line of inquiry comes to end—it appears prohibitively complicated and/or expensive to attach our fancy Victorian grillwork to ThermaTru or other such doors.  So we are going to work with Andersen on the whole door/window package after all.

In an unrelated development, we receive a bid for sidewalks and steps which is quite high.  My expensive taste appears at fault—I’ve been smitten with a clay paver with a manganese finish punctuated by ‘ironspots.’  The glaze fascinates me, because it takes on the color of the sky or whatever is beaming down upon it.  And I have grown weary of concrete pavers, which all look alike, no matter what the color.