by John Pitney | Aug 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s pretty basic: wall building—a fundamental of human occupancy for awhile now. In our two net zero home-builds, I have come to ponder walls. In fact, as we began to add studded uprights to accomplish 11-inch-thick walls for our Bend Passive House, I was...
by John Pitney | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to pour concrete,Don’t let ‘em run backhoes and and drive them old trucks,Let ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such.With apologies to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings! You never know what you’re gonna find when you dig. Since...
by John Pitney | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creation. When we do this knowingly,...
by John Pitney | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In September 2015, we sat on a pile of gravel, announcing the build of our forever house—a certified Passive House—in McMinnville, Oregon. If you’ve been following our story you know nothing is forever. We did the house. We lived in it 4 years. ...
by John Pitney | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
How will/did you spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day?!? Last blog I was just learning my ancestors owned slaves. For MLK 2022 I’m sharing some facts of Black History I’ve learned way too recently, things this Old White Guy should’ve known way before now, but I just...
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