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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...
Passive House Rules: Building As Holy Work
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creation. When we do this knowingly,...
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 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. ...
Making The Powerful Blush (1 of 4)
From the greatest to the least of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain. They heal the wound of...
We Are Better Than This! Or We’re Not!
Yesterday morning I promised to follow up my blogpost about the February 14 trifecta of...
The Trifecta of Loves
Today is February 14, a day of love in popular culture, of little flying Cupids and heart-shaped...
Finding Our Way Home
(This is the final post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3...
Chargers and Hornets, Sweet Joseph, Oh My: Wallowa Or Bust!
(This is the fourth post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and...
Range Anxiety: We’ve Got An App for That!
(This is the third post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.)...
You’ll Get A Charge Out of This
(This is the second post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here.) We bought the...
What Ark Will You Build? Ours Is An Electric Vehicle
Portland (Oregon) writer David Oates thinks Noah had the right idea when he built the Ark. He...
The Water Song
**This is the 4th post in a series on our rainwater system. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3***...
Building Our Own Private Wetland
**This is the 3rd post in a series on our rainwater system. Read Part 1 and Part 2*** Returning to...
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