Posts from ‘February, 2008’
Cob house designs and planning
Hello readers: to follow my cob house design and construction process, please visit The Year of Mud: Building a Cob House.
I’ve been dwelling on (pun sorta intended) my cob house designs for a little while now, making plenty of sketches and reading lots of different books. As of yesterday, I thought I was fairly settled [...]
What to do on a Friday night
One thing I like about the social life here is the range of activities you might find yourself doing with other folks. Playing board games, stargazing, and sitting around a campfire are some of the more ordinary ways to spend time at night. But there are always those special nights when a more unique social [...]
Errors begone
Don’t mind the errors of the past two days. Back to normal here.
Cob building video
Here’s a great little video (apparently a teaser for a documentary that’s been in the making) about cob design and building, “The House as Living Sculpture”. It has a lot of nice footage of cob homes and the construction process. Check it out:
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Cobbing a cottage
I’m very excited by the prospect of building my own cob cottage. I have been hesitant to commit myself to this idea over the winter, but I’ve finally put my foot down and made it an official goal of mine. Ideally, I would like to build a small cob house by the end of this [...]
Life with Thomas at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
The latest episode of Dancing Rabbit TV is finally up and ready. I’m very curious to see what kind of feedback I get for this one. It’s called “Life with Thomas” and focuses on Thomas, a five year member here at Dancing Rabbit. He has some unique living habits and a quirky sense of humor. [...]
Rolling along
Lack of updates here lately, yes. Power has been a bit low this week, preventing any extended computer usage. However, I was able to finish the latest episode of Dancing Rabbit TV last weekend, before a stretch of long, cloudy days. Unfortunately, I must re-render the video before I make it available on YouTube and [...]
