The realtor was having an open house last weekend and I stopped by on a bike ride. She had no idea that the house was once home to Arcata's most famous author. If you're a Raymond Carver fan, here's your chance to buy his family home in Arcata. If you haven't discovered Carver yet, pour yourself something calming and curl up with Cathedral tonight. Start with "A Small Good Thing." If that short story doesn't take your breath away you may be clinically dead. And do keep in mind: it may have been written in this house.
You'll find photos of the house in Maryann Carver's memoir "What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver." She loved this house and called it "the happiest home we ever had."
