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Broke Down

August 1st, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

Ventilation: It’s tempting to say, “it sucks” or “it blows,” but of course if the air up here did either one of those things that would be a big improvement over the current “it just sits there.”

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I almost missed this: On July 27 it was 30 years since I moved from Ohio to the east coast. I’ve lived in this house in New Jersey for 20 of them — more than twice as long as I’d ever lived anywhere else.

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Star Painting

July 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home, Tech Stuff |

A week or so ago I wrote about some nice work that was being done on my house. I just finished remaking the web site of the outfit who did it for me, Star Painting.

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Pond Tour

July 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

It was amazing and inspiring to see the oases that people have put together in their back yards.

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Home Improvements

July 15th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Home |

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busybusybusy

July 12th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

Three freelance projects, work, getting the house painted…

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What’s Happening In The Garden

May 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

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Rain

May 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Home |

It rained Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Here it is Thursday and thunderstorms are in the forecast for this evening. It’s also scheduled to rain tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. I keep telling myself it’s good for the plants I put in the garden on Saturday. But now I’m thinking they probably like sunlight, too.

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My Zen View

May 5th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Home |

One of the chapters in Christpher Alexander’s “A Pattern Language” is “Zen View.” A simple explanation of it is, if you have a beautiful view available to you wall most of it off. Then leave a narrow window or cut-through so that as you walk by you catch a fleeting glance of it. The idea [...]

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Happy Birthday

April 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

Everybody say “happy birthday” to “LF,” companion on many of the adventures documented on this blog!

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Spring

April 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

This is the prettiest time of year around here.

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Oh The Things I’ve Seen

April 24th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

Today was the first really, really nice day of the season. A group of monks was marking it by playing a lively game of frisbee in the parking lot and street outside my building.

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