Kyle Thiermann interviewed me a month or so ago about geodesic domes. Kyle and I met each other through our mutual good friend Chris Ryan. (Both Kyle and Chris write on Substack, which I intend to do when I finish the book I’m working on now, Live from California.
I drive my old RV down Kahn’s dirt road and park outside his house. He purchased the lot in 1971 for six grand. He built his home with materials from a salvaged lumber from torn down Navy barracks at Treasure Island. Abalone shells decorate his yard and shimmer in the gray winter light. He greets me with a matter of fact “Hello,” then offers a calloused paw. Kahn has a white mustache, long white hair, and knife holstered at his hip. He looks a bit like an outdoorsy version of Albert Einstein. When I comment on the knife he leads into his toolshed, showing me how I can fashion a blade myself.
‘Do you want a skateboard?’ He offers, pointing to three that lay on the corner…
thiermann.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-geodesic-domes
the domes leaked.
kyle is apparently using this for fund-begging.
that part sucks and diffuses the article.
We all know domes leak. I have one just down the road and now it’s 6th owner still cannot fully seal it.
I didn’t see the fund-begging. Although I already know the story, it was well written.
Water does go down hill.
unless the wind is blowing; then wind tells water where to go.