Posts from the ‘Not As Fat’ Category

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Hyperlocal Home-Raising

A Library Becomes a Museum

Although 30 million homes have been built since World War 2, twice as many were, and are, still among us. Most of us live in homes that are not antiques, but are also not of our era. How were these homes conceived? Making sense of the unknown past lives of our present homes with 3 extraordinary observers of historic domesticity. (click here to listen)

Late Frost “can result in trees losing a year’s growth and repeated frost damage can kill trees or hold them in check for many years. Some trees, however, are able to eventually grow to a height above the frost line and then grow normally.” (At least according to a Canadian study) (click here to read more)

Fat & Drunk

A friend, whose height has nothing to do with his weight – and not in an anorexic way – and who loved Marlboro’s would diffuse the tension when visiting a new doctor for the first time by looking the physician in the eye and immediately asserting, with conviction: “I’m fat, and I smoke.” (click here to read more)

Final Solutions

It is the last question: When? Our expiration dates are stamped somewhere we cannot see, and its mystery drives us to distraction or obsession until we reach it. In talking to a person who visits those who know The Date is quite soon, she surprised me by saying that less than 10% die enraged over dying. Faith that this end is not The End helps, but most are just so sick and tired of being sick and tired that they have no anger at facing the prospect of becoming room temperature. (click here to read more)

No potential client has ever said to me “I found you through Porch.com”. This is distinct from HOUZZ which has become the Google of home design web surfing. Loews has “partnered” with Porch: meaning there is a lot of cash for sponsorship: if Porch.com was ever an independent media platform, it would be as if the New York Times was “sponsored by” the Democratic Party. That slide into full advertorial status had its next step where a broadcast email this AM begged me to be one of the 4 regional “Porch Guaranteed Professional”‘s. (click here to read more)

Architects deal with gravity first. If the design in mind won’t stand without freaky expense, it’s just not viable. If the design is not thought thru, and the building is simply unstable it’s a hazard, not a refuge. Buildings are built as protection first, all other aspects come after that benchmark. Job One is providing safe harbor in a world fraught with dangers – weather and human. Families are also about protection, so where families live is a doubly sensitive reality. Homes protect what needs protection most: the love and care for our intimates. (click here to read more)

WHAT IS GONE IS BACK AGAIN Bruce Barber and I went to high school together 45 years ago: Over the last decade, Bruce has included me in his creative machinations, both of us trying to find connection to the world at a time of change and opportunity: This is a third iteration of a very human effort: (click here to read more)