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Epiphany A Year Later—Time to Unmute!
January 6 is etched in our national memory as much as 9-11. 1/6 is also Epiphany, marking the arrival of Magi to the Nativity in Christian Story. Refusing to be accomplices to Herod’s terror, the Wise Ones choose to go home a different way. On this day of reckoning in America, what path will we choose?
Leaving 928, Ch 1: What Is A Forever Home?
March 15, 2017, I waxed eloquent in a blogpost about our Forever House in McMinnville, Oregon. Today, August 19, 2020, three and a half years later, we have moved 175 miles across the Cascade Mountains to Bend, Oregon. So what happened to forever? This is how I...
Rainwater Chronicles: The Movie
We’ve offered you the “watered-down” version of our rain catchment in Parts 1 and 2 of our series! Now join us for the stunning finale—Rainwater Chronicles: The Movie!—a documentary of downpour, a purified water palooza for the ages. Swim with the rubber ducky on the...
Net-Zero Children: Soren Architectural Associates, LLC
When it comes to constructing the newest designs for the post-postmodern world of God’s dreams, it...
You Can’t Take It With You: Adventures With My Net-Zero Sister
Congratulations to my sister, Nancy, on her newest effort at the Net Zero life. She’s what we call...
Conspiring Together: The Lungs of Our House
I am the one whose praise echoes on high. I adorn all the earth. I am the breeze that nurtures all...
R-Value: The Capacity to Resist
R-val·ue: noun The capacity of an insulating material to resist heat flow. The higher the...
Passive House In Progress Extravaganza
Hey Net-Zerofites! We had a fabulous gathering and Net-Zero-In-Progress Tour at 928 Cedar, Sunday...
The Day of Walls: Our Net Zero Sukkah
The raising of walls at 928 NW Cedar coincided with the Jewish festival of Sukkot, referred to in...
The Ground Floor of Our Passive House
Our house will be Passive House Certified. Not to be confused with a passive solar home, the term...
Breaking Ground
The morning of September 15, the excavating machine arrived, the champagne was poured. We paused...
Demolition Derby
To get our Net-Zero project going, 20 of us--friends and family, our son, daughter and partners...
Our Net-Zero Life: An Introduction
To date, I have lived 66 years and 39 days, most of them in the American West. I woke up this...
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