Californians seeking homes will read this and weep. It’s got a 2-story barn! It’s got a pond! Hand-hewn beams! In yesterday’s NY Times Sunday paper. I couldn’t get the photo to come up (it’s definitely not the one at the top of the article), but here’s the realtor’s pitch:
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J.
WHAT: A three-bedroom one-and-a-half-bath stone house
HOW MUCH: $679,000
SIZE: 2,610 square feet (according to tax records)
PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $260.15
INDOORS: The house’s oldest sections were built in 1730 and 1820, and retain nearly all their original features, including wide-plank pumpkin pine floors, hand-hewn wood beams and exposed stone walls. The kitchen and bathrooms were renovated in 2006. There are three original fireplaces, one decorative and two wood-burning. In addition to stainless-steel appliances and granite countertops, the kitchen has an old beehive baking oven.
Bedrooms are upstairs. The master has an en-suite bathroom. The second floor also features a den.
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Lloyd…I made a piece of furniture that was largely inspired by the books you have authored and published.
As a constant source of inspiration, your books have provided to this home builder, furniture builder and overall dreamer. Your books have given me shelter from the storm that is everyday life.
I call this latest simple bookcase I carved my Shelter from the storm bookcase.
Here’s the link.
Thanks,
Tohner (Jackson)
Click here.
For about 20 years (between 1980 and 2,000), I published a series of fitness books, the three main ones being Stretching by Bob Anderson, Galloways Book on Running by Jeff Galloway, and Getting Stronger: Weight Training For Men and Women by Bill Pearl. During those years I hung out with these athletes and learned a lot. I stretched with Bob, ran with Jeff, and lifted weights with Bill while working on their respective books.
I was thinking the other day about the glut of information surrounding all of us, and wondered if I could offer some simple concepts for each of these disciplines: stretching, running, and weightlifting. A few things you can remember and that hopefully will help you in your quest for fitness.
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“The Wheel House is a live performance in which two acrobatic performers entertain audiences with the slow-paced rolling travel of their mobile home. The interior space of the circular home is designed to look just like a normal house, with doors, windows, curtains, pots and pans, and even a bed.…”
Click here.
Also on Vimeo here.
Sent to us by Mike W
Hi Lloyd, thought you might enjoy this link…
https://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/live-osprey-cam
Peace
Gill
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A lot of great things here for us fans of the natural world. For ex., https://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/jellyfish-cam
Just now: https://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/tern-cam
Gotta get back to work!
-LK
In the ’70s, Shelter was translated into French, German, and Spanish. These photos came in from Bill Steen, who was in Basque country, Spain last week. He and his wife Athena are conducting a series of workshops in Europe on clay and lime wall finishes, detailed carvings, and clay ovens.
Bill wrote: “Juan Luis Herrero and family holding the original copy of Shelter that was released in Spain, 1979, entitled
Cobijo, as in comforter, quilt, or cover. Cool.”
Also cool that the lady on left is holding a copy of Ben Law’s Round Timber Framing, a wondertful book. Ben grows the timber he frames his buildings with and the structures are beautiful. A kindred spirit across the water (UK). (Plus kindred books.)
Cobijo was published by Blume Ediciones, Madrid.
From Make Magazine here.
