This is a big deal — what Rick (Gordon) has done here, that is. I’ve fended off doing various electronic versions of our powerhouse book Stretching (over 3-1/2 million sold) for over 10 years. We couldn’t find anyone to do what we wanted to do here, so Rick, our production chief and tech genius, did it himself. It’s just now out — for iPad & iPhones (not for any Amazon tablets).
“This longtime bestseller from Shelter Publications celebrates its 30th anniversary in print with this ebook edition that thoroughly realizes the platform’s potential, proving that a simple concept can be the basis of a vastly improved product through careful, intelligent use of the technology. Stretching excellently performed its task — going beyond the print edition to create an excellent ebook.”
-Publishing Innovation Awards.
Here is the list of winners. Avalon Publisher Bill Newlin wrote us:
“A belated congratulations on this award! It really is a big deal, particularly since the Enhanced Ebook category had the stiffest competition by far, including an entry from Workman and movie tie-ins from Disney and Harper Collins. Truly a victory for integrity and craftsmanship, you should be very proud.”
Golden Seabright and two Silver Seabright bantams, our little beauties. Getting about a dozen eggs a day now. Both bantam chickens and their eggs are about half-size of full size chickens.
we love your books, they are great inspiration for us.
we want to ask you: have you ever experienced insulating houses with eelgrass?
we are great fans of eelgrass, it is possible to collect it from the coasts almost all over the world. in danmark and in some other countries there are roofs thatched with eelgrass/seagrass, they protect the houses for several centuries.
Just ran across this post the other day when I did a search on my blog for “log cabins.” I feel like the most vital posts I do are when I’m out on the road. I love shooting photos, then posting from an internet cafe. Fun! This was during a 6-week trip to Costa Rica and Panama a few years ago.
I’ve mentioned many times how the CoolTools blog has been so invaluable to me. It contains reader-written reviews of any number of tools. It’s almost embarrassing how many things I’ve learned about and purchased as a result of CT. For me, it’s the electronic Whole Earth Catalog.
It was started by Kevin Kelly, former Whole Earth Review magazine editor, and one of the founding fathers of Wired magazine. Today it was announced that Mark Frauenfelder, founder of Boing Boing (my other favorite blog) and editor-in-chief of Make magazine, is partnering with Kevin; he’ll be editor-in-chief of CoolTools and is working with Kevin on a paper book on the best of CoolTools. This is a killer duo.
Deek Diedrickson of https://relaxshacks.blogspot.com pointed out this excellent website, https://tinyrevolution.us/, billed as “… an Internet home for people interested in simple, minimalist living, and less square feet than most master bedrooms.” For example, here’s an interesting post titled “How to stock a minimalist kitchen”: here. Scroll down to the long comment by Susyn153 about paring down your belongings for living on a sailboat.
Your blog is one of my very favorites, inspirational and informational. I won’t even go into the fact that I still have my original copy of SHELTER, purchased in 1975 at a bookstore in Cleveland, Ohio.
I thought you might enjoy these photos of a bobcat I surprised on an early morning hike at Sonoma Mountain outside Petaluma. He/She was hunting gophers when I came along (luckily with a telephoto lens!). I went to post these on Instagram and was dismayed to find that the bobcat hashtag was overrun with photos of hunters proudly holding up their beautiful dead bobcats (one hunter even referred to his kill as “nigga”). Sad, to me, anyway.
