I've recently written four prose pieces about the new roof that's currently being put on my bungalow house and about my father's imminent death:

http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?t=1044

weirdmonger.blog-city.com/a_work_of_art.htm

weirdmonger.blog-city.com/work_of_art_2.htm

http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/the_resident_2.htm