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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 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...
Leaving 928, Ch 2: Forever Is A Relative Thing
**This is the second in a series of posts about our decision to leave our "Forever Home." You can read Chapter 1 here.** This afternoon, Grandma Pitney was called into action by our grandson, maybe for the 100th time today, to play his favorite game, “Where’s...
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...
Climate Justice: From Salem to Paris
I hafta say, I’m a reluctant marcher. I’m not sure what it is beside shyness. And actually it’s...
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...
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