Ecclesiastes Project

03/23/2024

Snowed in with banana and avocado trees

05/06/2021

Two years ago 2 geese came by and had had geeselings here. Last year we we got stuck outside the country bc of the pandemic, but we're back now and so are the geese - are they the same ones from 2 years ago? Their kids? Somebody else entirely?

Any goose experts care to weigh in?

11/19/2020

Two logs last night and two logs this evening, dropping about 7-8deg F overnight

10/31/2020

Never ceases to amaze me- no active heating yet this year

10/30/2020

Took 8 years but finally got the living room floors in

11/17/2019

Wabi originally referred to the loneliness of living in nature, remote from society; sabi meant "chill", "lean" or "withered".

Around the 14th century these meanings began to change, taking on more positive connotations.

Wabi now connotes rustic simplicity, freshness or quietness, and can be applied to both natural and human-made objects, or understated elegance.

It can also refer to quirks and anomalies arising from the process of construction, which add uniqueness and elegance to the object.

Sabi is beauty or serenity that comes with age, when the life of the object and its impermanence are evidenced in its patina and wear, or in any visible repairs.

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[3] It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the th...

09/06/2019

Coat rack repurposed for tomatoes

07/10/2019

Sad & horrible news. ,

Seth, our good friend who's been with us since the beginning, coming every summer for the past 6 years to make our ship more wonderful, teaching dozens of of the earthship-curious tons of amazing techniques,

Seth, pounder of tires, maker of jokes, drinker of double IPAs

Seth has been diagnosed with cancer.

He undergoing chemo and radiation, which means long trips and overnight stays in Albuquerque. To help, friends have set up a GoFundMe (below)

If you've had any connection with Seth, it's sure to have been positive; please consider helping out. Or even if you've just followed along.

Best wishes and let's look forward to having him out here again next summer.

Dear Friends and Family of Seth and Demian Larsen, As many of you are beginning to learn, Seth has been diagnosed with an aggressive Sarcoma cancer. Due to the level of rapid growth, Seth will immediately undergo chemotherapy and radiation protocol in order to attack it as quickly as possible. T...

06/05/2019

Two wild geese took up residence at our place last month and now they have geeselings!

01/01/2019

Kitchen low so far about 60°F; sunny days in low 70s, fire in living room wood stove gets it to high 70s

12/23/2018

New google satellite pics!