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Home Sweet Hive: November 2012

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012. I write and teach writing for a living, so revising is a process I'm very familiar with. Building a house and living off grid, however, have taken me into a whole new realm of revision. I've already made several changes to my plans over time, and recently I've made a couple of really big ones. I'm not going to do that, but what I am going to do is build just one dome instead of three. And the even bigger decision I've made is that I'm not going to live out there. Building and ...

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Home Sweet Hive: May 2011

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Friday, May 27, 2011. The Sky Bus Has Landed. Another piece of my project is now in place, and a major one at that - the Sky Bus is now parked on my land. Getting her there was epic, a pilgrimage, and showed me once again how when plans move from my head and/or paper to fruition, they become experiences that go far beyond what I had imagined. We put gas in it, and lo and behold, it started right up and stayed running this time. She was parked, backed onto my land with her nose facing east and her butt fa...

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Home Sweet Hive: July 2012

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Friday, July 6, 2012. A Baptism of Butterscotch Brownies, a Barbecue, and Level Love. My new oven is a Flamineta. Which is a Mexican brand. Everything is in Spanish, including the instructions that came with it and all the text on the oven itself. Here are some photos Nicole took:. Deepening the fire pit that Graeme created last summer. Can I Marry My Level? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Baptism of Butterscotch Brownies, a Barbecue, an. Ladies of the Mud. Two Peaks/Cerro de los Taoses.

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Home Sweet Hive: The Crowdfunding Campaign Has Launched

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The Crowdfunding Campaign Has Launched. About the project, Beyond Laundry. That I'm in the process of bringing to life. Yesterday, the crowdfunding campaign to fund the land purchase for this project launched on Indiegogo, and I'd like to invite anyone with an interest in sustainability to visit the page at igg.me/at/beyondlaundry. August 19, 2015 at 11:02 AM. I like your idea of a groovy laundromat. Would you have outdoor drying lines as well? Dryers are so energy consuming.

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Home Sweet Hive: Earthbags and UV Rays: A Reluctant Experiment

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Thursday, October 17, 2013. Earthbags and UV Rays: A Reluctant Experiment. The other purpose of going out there last weekend was to deal with the pile of bags outside the bus. I was able at last to get all of them either into the bus or into my Blazer to bring to my house, and this is a HUGE relief. No more mountain of bags sitting on the ground! And other than a very few at the bottom that had mildewed (which were the lowest quality bag I had anyway), they are all in good shape. Ladies of the Mud. Beyon...

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Home Sweet Hive: October 2011

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Sunday, October 23, 2011. It's been almost two weeks now since I moved into my "Winter House.". Life has shifted dramatically, and I'm still trying to get used to things like having running water, working at home again, and cooking in a "real" kitchen. I'm definitely not complaining; it's just very different. One of the first things I did after getting settled in was bake pumpkin bread in the oven, using organic spelt flour and a pumpkin I got from the Morning Star Farm CSA. Having on-grid conveniences m...

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Home Sweet Hive: July 2013

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Thursday, July 18, 2013. A cool thing happened the other night. I was on my way to meet the phenomenal Deonne Kahler. At Taos Mesa Brewing. So that's what we did and it worked great. I did lay a plastic bag liner over the opening first for added coverage. It worked so great, in fact, that we decided to go ahead and do it with the other two missing skylights as well. Since they were boarded up only on the inside, they still leak when it rains a lot. Halfway through filling the second bag. Ladies of the Mud.

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Home Sweet Hive: August 2012

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Friday, August 17, 2012. First, I should tell you that I've been filling my foundation trench with rubble and should have a post with photos of the completed trench soon. In the meantime, I just wanted to share a couple of small but significant changes to my living situation this summer. In order to drain the melted ice into a bucket. I mean, why did this never occur to me before? So now, I have a very. Comfy place to sleep, which makes all the difference in the world. Links to this post. Dreams pass int...

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Home Sweet Hive: June 2011

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Sunday, June 26, 2011. Life is taking on an entirely new set of rhythms, and it's been challenging to adjust to them, but also very rewarding. This shifting from one kind of life to another is kind of like when you're listening to music on your headphones and you walk into a room where some other music is playing. For a minute, it's chaotic, until the old music fades out. I am a girl after all. And now, for a little before-and-after:. Front of bus before. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. So mu...