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Urban forest cob experiment part IV: drainage & foundation

August 23, 2015 youbigtalker

I realize that in many ways posting photos at this stage of my “cob house” development is much like sharing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: brick, cob foundation, cob house, diy building, earth building, gravel trench foundation, mortar, Rock shop

Urban forest cob experiment part III: trenching, leveling, sloping

August 15, 2015 youbigtalker

(Better) trenching I didn’t realize how lame my trench was until I dug a better one.  I tend toward “that’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cob, cob cottage, earth building, natural building, trenching

Urban forest cob experiment part II: trenching

August 8, 2015 youbigtalker

This week, my focus was on digging a trench for our cob cottage.   Once complete, it will be filled with…

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Posted in: Ingredient 1: Community Filed under: carolina red clay, cob foundation, cob trench, earth building, gravel trench foundation, rubble trench foundation, stem wall

My urban forest cob experiment part I

July 31, 2015 youbigtalker 1 Comment

I’ve been talking about building a cob house for long enough now that rather than questions like “how’s that cob…

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Posted in: Ingredient 1: Community, Ingredient 3: Art Filed under: cob, cob cottage, cob house, diy, natural building
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Without you, there is no us

July 28, 2015 youbigtalker 1 Comment

We are watching you I reserved a copy of Suki Kim’s latest book, Without You, There Is No Us: My…

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Posted in: Ingredient 2: Activism Filed under: cults, dictatorship, Harry Potter, journalism, Kim Jong-il, missionaries, Narnia, north korea, south korean author, suki kim, without you there is no us

How senior dogs play

April 16, 2015 youbigtalker

Senior dogs know to save the best for last:  what we can learn from them Last night Syba was pouncing…

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Posted in: Ingredient 1: Community Filed under: dog playing, dogs, life lessons, old dogs, play, senior dogs, tug of war
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Book tour: In search of contemporary European authors

March 25, 2015 youbigtalker

In addition to touring musically I plan to read one book by an author from each country we’re touring through…

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Posted in: Ingredient 3: Art Filed under: austria, bulgaria, czeck, england, european authors, france, germany, Greece, holland, hungary, romania

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Eleni is currently writing a novel and several short stories. | Weekly column, Reading Like a Writer | Words in The New Republic & Philly Inquirer. | Comedy skits. | Theme: BIG talk. | Co-founder, Vegan Chef Challenge.

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