Cover finished at last minute
Bingo!
We did — no kidding — 37 versions of the cover before we got it right. Paring over 1000 photos down to 6 for the cover has been maddeningly difficult. I’m thrilled with this.
We only got the back cover finished 2 days ago. Seat-of-the-pants last-minute publishing. Going off electronically to the printers today, 8-08-08 — the day of Great Good Fortune.
I’m embarrassed to have taken so long and to have been so overdue with this book, but I think the results are worth it. It will be in bookstores by late October. The farm is being bet on this one.
SolFest Solar Energy Festival Aug. 16-17th
I’m heading up to Mendocino county early Wed morning for some post-production R&R, leaving before dawn, to hang out with my friend Louie, swim in the river, and skateboard on a long downhill with little traffic. Then on Friday over the mountains to Hopland, headquarters of Real Goods, for the annual SolFest gathering. We’ll have a booth and be selling books. The festival is a great event: lesser-polluting sources of energy, natural building materials, lots of good food, good music, good vibes. It’s a rendezvous with old friends, for one thing. I look forward to it each year. The weather is warm and I’ve got a secret spot staked out on the banks of the Russian River to sleep at night.
Lloyd Kahn, Ive been reading your handbuilt shelter again, do you have any more info/leads on the carbonari at Ely, Nevada? Also, you should come to Canada, Port Hope, during our thanksgiving, for the Dry Stone Wall Festival, we are erecting a drystone beehive hut, no mortar all corbelled stone! http://www.dswac.ca Check it out.
Evan Oxland
Perfect, Lloyd! Well done.
Can't wait for the book! Just added you to my blogroll on my new site…hopefully will drive some pople over to your work.
Congrats!