We’re officially counting down the last couple of days before the yurt shipment arrives next week. In the meanwhile, check out this article from Mother Earth News about a man who realized his dreams by building a...

Greetings everyone! Apologies for my small winter sabbatical that was unannounced and unplanned – but, hey, such is life! Anyways, now that we’re rolling into spring I’m excited to write about a new project that’s on hand and in motion: a yurt studio being built on my...

This video speaks to my personal life philosophy so deeply and accurately. It’s like Jandai pulled the words right out of me. Not only does he speak of simplicity in terms of self-acceptance and non-consumerism (i.e. – minimalism) but also in terms of natural building and healing....

I recently discovered a brilliant thinker – one that is courageous and eloquent with his words. This is a three-hour interview with Chris Hedges about his works and books:  

The Untold Beauty of Plywood I recently discovered a new trend – both in the green building movement and in more posh, design circles – that plywood is ‘fair game.’ Plywood is generally considered a very unfinished, unsightly you could say, building material. But new...

When and why did art get so serious? In many ‘first-world’ countries, dance, music, and the arts have been unfairly thrown into a glass cage of exclusive, elitist culture. Those with a financial cushion can attend expensive arts schools that then funnel them into industry...

Baby it’s cold outside… Notes on the nature and influence of heat.   Humans are pretty damn fickle about thermal comfort. We’re not comfortable below 65 degrees F or above 80 degrees F. That’s only a 15 degree range of physical ease – which through an...

Who doesn’t love a tree house? The stuff childhood memories are made from! Check out these images from the superb book Tree House Living: 50 Innovative Designs by Alain Laurens, Daniel Dufour, Ghislan Andre, and La Cabane Penche with photography by Vincent...

  Pattern Language: Old People Everywhere   I discovered this pattern a few days after writing “Disease of Greece – Polikatikia,” where it’s briefly mentioned how high density housing units split traditional households into generational pockets, that can be...

The  Barn Silent Spaces A common building sprinkled across farmlands, often overlooked for its architectural value. Today the best fate an old barn can have is residential renovation, although a more common fate is under a bulldozer. Before authentic barns become extinct, visit one! How...