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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 today you might as well know why it’s been an unusually long stretch since you’ve heard from me. Let’s just put it this way—there are several immutable commandments woven...
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 and Food Coalition. Under the direction of Megan Kemple (A bonafide Local Food Genius!) we started the Farm to School project for the schools and farms of Lane County. ...
The Wheels On the Bus—Will It Be Diesel or Justice All Through the Town?!?
The wheels on the bus go round and round,Round and round, round and round!The wheels on the bus go round and round,All through the town! Our grandson is almost 3 years old and he’s always loved to sing! One of the first songs he learned was “The Wheels On the...
New Song: We Resist, We Build, We Rise
On April 29, with 200,000 others, I marched in the 2nd People’s Climate March in Washington DC to...
Forever Home, Part 2: Pulling Nails
I love this picture of Jessi and I holding the bags of nails we pulled from the boards of the...
Forever House One
We lived 4 places during the construction of our Net Zero hacienda. To distinguish among them, Amy...
Viva La Vulva
Respect My Existence or Expect My Resistance Respeta Mi Existencia O Espera Resistencia **This...
Grizzly Bears, Epiphany, and Hope for the Future
Today is January 6, 2017, Epiphany on the Christian calendar. I hope you’re having one. In the...
Lift Us Up: Songs of Resistance & Hope
This is Part 3 of my Trilogy of Hope +1 series. Read Part 1 and Part 2. In my world there is no...
A Trilogy of Hope +1: The Fact of Cranberries
This is Part 2 of a Trilogy +1. Click here to read Part 1. We had already planned to go to the...
A Trilogy of Hope +1: Searching for Meaning in the Aftermath (Pt 1)
With at least half our nation (well I guess half + 1, 569,824), I watched the election in stunned...
A Vote for All the Children
We just received these photos from good friends in a former congregation. They just swapped their...
Sun Power: Why Haven’t You Already Invested In Solar?
Sun Power: Why Haven’t You Already Invested In Solar? This sixth segment of Passive House Movie is...
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