Emanating Light

Emanating Light

The electricians came last week and hooked up the power. There’s something about light emanating from windows at nightfall. Light through the panes (even triple panes), at once, draws us in and illuminates a darkened neighborhood. It called up in me memories of...

Moving Toward A New Economy

They will beat their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and beneath their own fig tree, with none to terrify them.                ...
We SUCK at Floors (So Put A Cork In It!)

We SUCK at Floors (So Put A Cork In It!)

I’m just gonna put it right out there: WE SUCK AT FLOORS!!!!!! Since the beginning of our Net Zero house design, the plan was to build on a concrete slab. It’s a relatively inexpensive floor, easy to insulate and seal beneath. It enhances the Net Zero thermal design,...
Painting Our (Net Zero) Dream (House)

Painting Our (Net Zero) Dream (House)

Vincent Van Gogh said: “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” Both certainly apply here:   There are lots of things to love about Oregon. One of them is METRO PAINT!!!!   It is recycled and remanufactured from unused paint Oregon citizens turn in from homes...
The Color Purple: Insulating Our Net Zero House

The Color Purple: Insulating Our Net Zero House

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.” ― Alice Walker, The Color Purple...

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