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The Subject Is Windows
The subject is windows. Much of what we experience in our built environs is illumined through windows. In our certified Passive House we have eighteen. Our kitchen window looks to the front drive where we stand on tiptoe to see who’s coming to visit or look across...
In Praise of Homemakers: Robin Egg Blue, A Holey Table and the Song of the Lark
There are a herd of robins in our neighborhood. Back in early June, they were flying everywhere with building materials in their beaks. One red-breast made several futile attempts to locate atop one of our back patio lights, but there were clearly design flaws!...
Breathing Easy: Privilege or Right?
I start off today with this beautiful collage of compassionate and courageous young human beings. They are 13 of the 14 youth of Hawai’i who, on June 1, 2022, filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against the Hawai’i Department of Transportation, the HDOT...
Born in a Barn?
Far back as I can remember, leaving the front door open was a sin. Coming or going, if you didn’t...
A Sawyer’s Thanksgiving: In Gratitude for ERs, Post-hole Diggers and Stupid Luck
Dear Net Zero Enthusiasts: I must be the most unreliable blogger in all of Creation anyway, but...
Walls: How We Build Them and Why It Matters
It’s pretty basic: wall building—a fundamental of human occupancy for awhile now. In our two net...
Foundation of A Better World: What I Learned from Watching the Trowels
Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to pour concrete,Don’t let ‘em run backhoes and and drive...
Passive House Rules: Building As Holy Work
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Passive House the Sequel: Here We Go Again!
In September 2015, we sat on a pile of gravel, announcing the build of our forever house—a...
Things I Should’ve Known, Especially Today
How will/did you spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day?!? Last blog I was just learning my ancestors...
Epiphany A Year Later—Time to Unmute!
Today is January 6, a date etched in our national memory now as much as 9-11. Many don’t...
My Grandparents Got Slaves As A Wedding Gift—How Could I Not Have Known?
John Pitney, my grandfather and founder of the Pitney Century Farm, was married to Elizabeth S....
Oh Yum! Oh Yum!—We Know Where Our Food Comes From!
Several years ago, we were living in Eugene, Oregon and I was on the Board of the Willamette Farm...
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