Finding a Home in the Urban Forest
As I indicated at the end of my last journal entry, I left Serenity Valley for the winter (rest assured, dear readers, my hut in the woods adventures will resume in a few months). The reason for...
View ArticleIt’s a bird! It’s a bed! Wait, it’s an earthquake shelter!
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January, I’ve been thinking a lot about earthquakes, especially now that I’m living in an old building in San Franciso; a dense city in one of the...
View ArticleMy future commuter (flying) car
Lately, I’ve been spending most of my time up on my property, but have been driving down to San Francisco every couple of weeks. Depending on the stops I make, it can take six or seven hours for the...
View ArticleThe Cost of Convenience
21.42. That’s how many pounds of propane I’ve burned in the last year or so. I know because I’ve kept every single one of the 1.02lb propane canisters I’ve used. I’ve thought about switching to the...
View ArticleLED Light Bulbs, the numbers
I recently picked up a couple of LED light bulbs that are starting to become more popular in Japan. After comparing a few different options from various major manufacturers, I settled on the “40 Watt”...
View ArticleBe Prepared
I’ve been obsessively following the latest news from the devastating earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan a few days ago, listening to internet streams of NHK radio, the public broadcasting...
View ArticleHome Again
Shortly after Project 31 ended on the 19th, I headed to the city. Having spent a month alone in the woods, I thought I’d have a good time. I thought I’d appreciate the creature comforts, the infinite...
View ArticleThoughts From a Short Visit to Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
As I sat in a toilet stall in Terminal 1 of the Minneapolis St. Paul airport, I thought to myself, “this is nuts”. There I was, depositing my output in a pool of potable water, about to flush it with...
View Article(Radically) Re-thinking Water in the West
There was an article recently in the NYTimes about the drought in California, and how in Tulare County, “more than 500 [households] cannot flush a toilet, fill a drinking glass, wash dishes or clothes,...
View ArticleSustainability
I can’t believe how quickly time is flying by these days. It seems like 2015 started just the other day, and now it’s almost August… Where have I been this whole time? Well, let’s see. After my trip to...
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Epilogue to Book 1
Tap… tap… is this thing on? Is anyone still out there? Oh well, here goes: I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, but the approaching 11th anniversary (er, it’s now been another year...
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