some videos i’ve been collecting along the way about building murphy beds and the associated hardware in the comments on the video above one person says to just go to pick-a-part and buy van door lift struts and mounts to build a bed for cheap. i think this is more than doable for the tiny […]
kids learn the value of hard work
I really enjoyed this video. I think there is something to be said for the old way of passing down “skills” from generation to generation not to mention the idea of being focused on helping teach/help others. These boys will be well prepared to deal with the stuff that life throws at all of us. […]
Building a Tow-Mixer
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about gasification and it’s ability to produce both combustible producer gas and heat for our future homestead. How sustainable is using wood (ie trees) for power and heat? I guess that depends how heavily wooded our land is…however for most, this probably isn’t sustainable. But could it be? I […]
Waste Oil Heating Stove
I’ve seen quite a few of these types of waste oil stoves slapped together from old water heaters using gravity fed, drip systems but this heater is phenomenally built. Enjoy!
Off-grid washing machine
I’ve seen this idea before, but never engineered in such a way that the bike (as well as the wash tub) remained completely mobile.
Sweet Light | Romania 2013
There is a place where two streams meet, interlacing like ancient fingers, coming together once and for all, never again to let go. Deep in the swail beneath the great bog, where the heaving shoulders of land wear a velvet green cloak of moss and grass, with golden epaulettes of Gorse is The Meeting of […]
Leaving Paris The Second Time | Romania 2013
Paris for a second time in one Month. For just a single day. A day to reconcile any unresolved sentiments I might have and to do anything here I might want to do, in case this is the last time I will see her. I’m oddly consumed when I think about possible lasts. It’s as […]
Humility and Bobby McFerrin | Romania 2013
Mana Deschisa Women’s Shelter, Campina Romania, May 2013. I tacked the last piece of colored yarn in place across the length of the small building. Wiping my dirty hands on my pants, I stepped back to survey my work and tried to imagine the purple and green morning glories that would someday grow into a […]
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