http://small-scale.net/stash life's everyday adventures in an ecovillage, plus other intentional community, filmmaking, and random musings Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:23:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ecosalon just posted an interview with Dancing Rabbit member Alline, who co-founded the soon-coming Milkweed Mercantile, a bed and breakfast slated to open at Dancing Rabbit sometime this winter. Check it out! http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/30/interview-with-alline-of-the-milkweed-mercantile/ Tony Sirna here at Dancing Rabbit was recently interviewed for Ecovillage Radio. Check out the podcast here to learn all about life and goings-on here at DR: Dancing Rabbit on Ecovillage Radio. http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/28/dancing-rabbit-on-ecovillage-radio/ Here's a short little video I made at Alline's request about the Milkweed Mercantile, a bed and breakfast currently under construction here at Dancing Rabbit. The Mercantile will also feature an organic cafe, and an eco general store. Check it out in the above video! http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/26/milkweed-mercantile-off-the-grid-bed-breakfast-video/ This weekend, I met some Superheroes. These were bike-riding Superheroes who take a month to do public service without any plans or agenda. This year's location is Missouri, and they started off their ride by visiting Dancing Rabbit, Sandhill Farm, and Red Earth Farms, doing a day of service for ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/24/superheroes-bike-across-missouri/ The other day, I mentioned that the Milkweed Mercantile, the soon-to-be bed and breakfast/cafe at Dancing Rabbit, is hoping to win $10K to put towards the purchase of a wind turbine. Well, the Mercantile is now a finalist, meaning that they are that much closer to the prize! Please consider voting. ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/23/milkweed-mercantile-is-a-finalist-for-winning-10k-prize-vote-again/ The Milkweed Mercantile, the first official business at Dancing Rabbit, is hoping to win $10K to put towards the purchase of a big ol' wind turbine. The Mercantile is a bed and breakfast / cafe and shop, a beautiful straw bale building that is currently under construction and planned to ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/18/help-an-off-the-grid-straw-bale-bed-and-breakfast-win-10k-towards-a-wind-turbine/ It's been the wettest spring, wettest summer, and perhaps it will even be the wettest fall on record here in Missouri. Last week we got a whopping nine inches of rainfall, totally separate from anything Hurrican Ike delivered elsewhere. (Thankfully, Ike merely skimmed this part of northeastern Missouri, so we were ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/17/missouri-rainfall-aint-over-yet-apparently/ Recently, I got a new blogging job. I have been doing freelance blogging for over two years now. Previously, I've been writing for various video production blogs, but now I'm doing something a little more personally rewarding and more relevant to my everyday interests. My new position is at Green Options ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/11/now-writing-at-planetsavecom/ This was a tough week. Bad weather, a tired body, stress, and some other bad spells and downers spilled over me in one week's time. I had a bad case of fatigue that lasted a few days. At some point I slept nearly 36 hours in two days. I was essentially ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/09/a-challenging-week/ I've been toying away the past few days on getting this website a bit more organized, and I'm happy to say that I have finished making a new cob building-specific blog: The Year of Mud. From this point on, I will only post my cob house updates, progress, and photos on ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/09/01/the-year-of-mud-new-cob-house-building-blog/ 194.5 batches of cob stomped by foot and you get: Yesterday afternoon and this morning, I put some final touches on the cob walls, leveling them in preparation for the soon-coming reciprocal roof. After I smoothed out some of the last cobs, I took a minute as I stood on the ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/08/31/the-cob-walls-are-complete/ Here's a couple of photos of the 99% complete cob walls. I figure I'll be able to finish them off tomorrow, perhaps Sunday if it takes a couple more batches than I expect. Reciprocal roof: here we come! Also, in the top photo you might notice a post near the entryway. ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/08/29/cob-walls-are-99/ I'm still seeking work exchangers for the month of September to help work on my cob house. Although the cobbing is nearly complete, there is still plenty of work ahead, and September should largely consist of building the reciprocal living roof. Exciting times are indeed ahead. Get all the details here ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/08/28/still-looking-for-cob-building-work-exchangers/ A short video documentary I made for Dancing Rabbit TV over the winter, Life With Thomas was accepted to play at the Hi Mom! Film Festival in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It's playing on September 5. (Here's the schedule.) Alas, I'm building a house out of mud, so I can't make ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/08/27/life-with-thomas-playing-at-hi-mom-film-fest/ With the help of my superstar work exchangers Dan and Danielle, the cob walls are nearly complete. Unfortunately, D&D departed today to begin their own pursuits, but I am hopeful that I'll be able to complete cobbing by myself by the weekend. I suspect it will take 10 or so ... http://small-scale.net/stash/2008/08/26/the-end-is-seriously-near/