The word bafflement has appeared in 25 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 24 in “Is Roz Chast ‘Terrible at Decorating’? You Decide” by Joanne Kaufman:
Soon after the couple moved in, Ms. Chast’s mother-in-law, a kitchen planner, drew up designs to take down a wall and combine the kitchen and dining room. New glass-fronted cabinets, painted a pale lilac, were installed. Later, a computer room replaced the screened porch. “It just wasn’t us,” Ms. Chast said. “Not the porch. Not the screens. None of that was us.”
Each to her own, of course. Despite the existence of an actual living room, the previous owners, to Ms. Chast’s endless bafflement, routinely gathered in a small, unprepossessing space off the kitchen. It is now home to parrots Eli, an African gray, and Jacky, a Caique.
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