“And just like that, after many long days and nights, we are ready for the rainy season,… and not a minute too soon. As we apply the final pieces of siding, on our brow lay the first signs of the autumn rains. This is the true feeling of exultation. In this moment, life is bonded with the 4th dimension,… invisible, yet like the power of the wind, undeniable … easily missed, rarely found,… this is the way of intimate feeling and experience. …”
Discovered this at: https://www.tinyhouseliving.com/
Tammy Strobel wrote an essay on downsizing that will appear in our Tiny Homes book. Here’s the latest (October 16, 2011)from Tammy:
“{Every week, I post a short essay about the little house we’re building. Enjoy!}
We only have 8 more days until the little house rolls into Portland! It’s hard to believe we’re going to move in so soon! Last weekend we got to hang out with Dee and Katy and while Katy was in town she had a chance to pick up our roof (pictured below) and kitchen counter.”
I’ve been sending out email newsletters called GIMME SHELTER for some years now, to a mailing list of around 600.The frequency is a lot less often now that I’m blogging. We post each one on Shelter’s website. Here is the latest: https://www.shelterpub.com/_gimme/_2011-09-28/gimme_shelter-2011-09-28.html
I don’t mean to go on and on about it, but the book looms so large in my mind these days, it’s the main current running through my life and we’re in the final week, Been agonizing over the cover and title page for several weeks, a dozen mock-ups. Yesterday my friend Louie showed up to help me, and he hung in with me all day as we tried dozens of things. Louie says what he thinks, and it’s great getting fresh perspective. At the end of the (hot) day, we went down to the beach. I went swimming; the tide was coming out of the lagoon fast and the water was warm, maybe 60º, and I
swam with the tide, felt like I was flying.
This morning I came out and surveyed the results (+ the carnage, shown here) and it’s lookin pretty good. Lew and Rick are coming in today and the 3 of us will work on it. By the time we get it done, the cover will be the work of 5-6 people.
Photo of (l.-r.) Rick, David, Lew, me here last week, working on book cover. Today Rick, Lew, and I are going over the pages one last time, and Rick will FTP (send via computer) pages to our printers in Hong Kong on Monday. Our color tests seem to be right on. Next week we get the cover finished (still up in air). With 1,300 photos to choose from, it’s an “embarrassment of riches.” It’s been a long haul, starting 2 years ago, and the last say, 8 months, in production. When the cover goes off, it’ll be a huge burden lifted. (The book looks spectacular!)
I’ll be going to Hong Kong in late October for the press check. In bookstores February 2012.
“The Tower Studio is a small cabin with a garage on the lower level and a comfortable living unit on the second floor. A stove keeps things cozy while living above the fray. Oversee your land or enjoy a far vista from your own tower. This design could work well as a guest house or small starter.”
From HousePlans.com:
Jim Tolpin is a woodworker, author, and a faculty member of the Port Townsend (Washington) School of Woodworking. This is one of his gypsy wagons.
Sent us by Phil Miano
“Light glows from inside the tiny cottage built by New Avenue Homes in the West Berkeley backyard of Karen Chapple, a UC Berkeley associate professor of city and regional planning who is studying how many such homes could be built around area BART stations and their potential economic impacts. (Photos courtesy of UC Berkeley.)”
See previous post. https://is.gd/trhs2
These folks build treehouses and also rent them out to visitors. They are 30 minutes north of Seattle.