by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 1, 2005 | Commentary
While we wait for a smooth landing… It’s always fun to have a link to someplace else. Some physical entity that ties you to something or somewhere else. It can become a window into another location or a reminder of one place while you’re actually in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 30, 2004 | Commentary
but not wits end… In that world of alternate reality, where responsibility reigns supreme and contractors and other related professionals perform their promised and/or expected duties, we would have been moving into our house within in the next couple of weeks....
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 11, 2004 | Commentary
and ganja kings… Yesterday morning I got a call from the guys working at the house stating that some tools were missing from the site. They were mostly powered hand tools, such as screw guns and the like, that had somehow "walked" off of the job. This...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 3, 2004 | Commentary
And bringing it in… One of the challenges we faced in designing this house was its orientation with relation to the stream and the sun. The stream was of major importance because it really needed to be the central focus of the house. One problem though… in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 25, 2004 | Commentary
Don’t bring us presents… Some of you who know our history know that about two-and-a-half years ago, while we were camping in the middle of the Sierra’s Emigrant Wilderness, the City of Beacon gave my neighbor a variance to build a deck on my...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 25, 2004 | Commentary
Living in a reality distortion field… So here’s the joke. The big fat irony that lives within the walls of this house that is to be. When you set out on any endeavor, especially if it’s a construction project, you typically set yourself some check...
