We finally closed and moved in the new house last weekend. We do not have nearly enough furniture and I am really struggling trying to figure out where to place the things we do have. Please remember… more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The second of the seven hearts is commonly called the sacral. In Sanskrit it is Svadisthana. This is … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The birds are chirping and the warm smells of spring are finally blowing in Chicago, and with Coache … more →
wrote 6 months ago: We finally closed and moved in the new house last weekend. We do not have nearly enough furniture an … more →
wrote 6 months ago: We live in a neighborhood that lives to get together. Just any ole excuse for a party will work. Som … more →
wrote 6 months ago: There has been significant progress on the house in the last two weeks. The home inspection is sched … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Here are some examples of my own work showing our love of salvage in new construction: This first im … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Things finally began moving along in the house last week. The builder isn’t going to make the … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I haven’t posted in a while because there really hasn’t been any work done at the house. … more →
wrote 8 months ago: On a small prominence, I found the first signs of life Written by the finger of some unknown hand, A … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I walked along the shoreline, on the sandy beach. With nothing to reference, I circled the island se … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Yesterday was a very exciting day for me. I waited anxiously to go by the house and see how the cabi … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Things have been moving VERY slowly on the house, but the kitchen cabinets are supposed to go in tom … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I introduced you to our new neighborhood in the last post, so I’m going to give you an update … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Over a decade ago Andrés Duany of DPZ taught me that, more times than not, NIMBY opposition stems fr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “True beauty comes from within. Our glory has nothing to do with our appearance or our occupat … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I weight, cool splash, coffee chases, little fish in little pond. We will survive, here comes the Su … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Dispel time And you will Dispel fate.” Deng Ming-Dao Fate is a force that interferes; … more →
wrote 1 year ago: While March 20th is the official first day of spring, the warm weather has inspired me to begin my s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Went to the K2K Mas camp today as it just around the corner from work and I wanted to see the costu … more →