Chris Erskine: In this common house, we raised four uncommon kids
It's never been a very good house. We will likely sell it soon, not long after the boy goes off to college. We've never been able to get the water pressure right, and the fireplace faces in a funky direction. The walls are too close. Like, right there.
There are a million things wrong with this house, yet a million things right. There's a half-basement for the Christmas bins and a workbench. Rare in California, the basement is the perfect place
