• A New Lens on Human Nature Vibes Project (1-28-25)
• 2024 in 12 Photos (1/7/25)

2024

• Searching for Footnote (9-18-24)
• We Should All Be So Lucky (Goodbye Maybe) (9-4-24)
• The Baker (Sachi’s New Profession) (8-7-24)
• Strawberry Yields Forever (7-24-24)
• Solstice Wall on the Solstice (7-10-24)
• Sun Powered (5-2-24)
• It Went Viral (3-26-24)
• Solstice Wall – Now Complete (2-20-24)
• Solstice Wall – Almost Done (2-6-24)
• Solstice Wall – Making the Circles More Circular (1-16-23)
• Solstice Wall – All Lined Up (1-2-24)

2023

• The Solstice Wall – An Introduction (12-20-23)
• For the Health (11-28-23)
• Sleep, Creep, and Leap (10-4-23)
• Turning 50  (7-25-23)
• Beds, Benches, and Lessons Learned (6-13-23)
• Digiscoping from Flattop  (5-1-23)
• Anatomy of a Speed Run ⛴ (1-31-23)

2022

• The Wood Shed (12-6-22)
• Filet of Sole  (11-1-22)
• New York, 2011  (10-18-22)
• A Train in the Sky (10-4-22)
• The Most Wonderful Time of Year  (9-27-22)
• The Garden Gamble  (9-20-22)
• Roots (7-26-22)
• Adrift (6-29-22)
• Island Hardware  (5-11-22)
• Permanently Incomplete (4-13-22)
• The Wood Age (3-23-22)
• Dislocations and DNA(3-2-22)
• Mutiny on the Way to the Great Wall ?‍☠️(2-08-22)
• Smart Rowing (1-18-22)

2021

• 57 Recommendations from 2021 (12-28-21)
• Neck Deep in Build Livable (12-7-21)
• The Streaming Shuffle (11-23-21)
• I Believe (11-16-21)
• Home Studio Tour  (11-9-21)
• Witches on the Water (11-2-21)
• One Famous Sea Star ⭐️ (10-26-21)
• Permanence, Or Not (10-19-21)
• We’ve Got Worms (10-12-21)
• Livability and Laundry (10-5-21)
• Boat Creep  (9-21-21)
• At a Crossroads ⤲ (9-14-21)
• Designing for Dogs (8-31-21)
• Another Man’s Treasure (8-24-21)
• The Westward Wind (8-17-21)
• Lee Night (8-10-21)
• Welcome to Cascadia (7-6-21)
• Oh, Deer – An Island-Sized Pandemic (6-29-21)
• Bringing Life Back to the Rocky Ground (6-22-21)
• Aphantasia – A Different Kind of Blindness (6-15-21)
• Catching Spot Prawns (6-8-21)
• Feel the Burn (6-1-21)
• Using the UV Index in Sunburn Season ☀️ (5-25-21)
• The Time Between Glass and Mirror(5-18-21)
• The Pig War (5-11-21)
• Blisters, Beds, and Bourbon(5-4-21)
• The Traffic Jam at Safari Island (4-27-21)
• Flattop’s Finer Points (4-20-21)
• The Finished Product: Flattop House (4-13-21)
• The Creative Brief (4-6-21)
• The Move 2021 (3-30-21)
• Back to the Beginning ↩️ (3-24-21)
• SMASHBURGER! (3-16-21)
• The Sticky Notes ✅ (3-9-21)
• This Fireplace Sucks (3-2-21)
• The Dogs of the House Project (2-24-21)
• This is About the Ham (2-16-21)
• Hibernating in the PNW ☔️ (2-9-21)
• Because It’s Cool (2-2-21)
• What Does it Want to Be? (1-26-21)
• The Blackout ⚡️ (1-19-21)
• Big Stuff and House Flooring Decisions(1-12-21)

2020

• Smart Lights, Smart Home (12-15-20)
• The Time Capsule(12-8-20)
• Then and Now (12-1-20)
• Puzzle Pieces ?(11-24-20)
• Senioritis at the Guesthouse ? ➡️ (11-17-20)
• Preparing Drywall for Paint (11-10-20)
• Masking and Painting The House (10-27-20)
• A Thud, Then a Gasp (10-20-20)
• The Impossible Skyscraper in the Guesthouse (10-13-20)
• Designing Our Blackened-Steel Fireplace (10-6-20)
• Being One with the Dirt on Orcas Island (9-29-20)
• Shou Sugi Ban Siding – Fortified by Fire (9-22-20)
• A Story On Big Enough Launch Day (9-15-20)
• Making The Trailer Video for Big Enough (9-8-20)
• The Dread and Delight of Publishing Big Enough➡️ (9-1-20)
• What to Consider Before Drywall is Installed (8-25-20)
• Big Enough Book Video Strategy (8-18-20)
• Mindfulness and Just One Thing (8-11-20)
• Publishing Big Enough in 41 Days (8-4-20)
• The Smell of Crabbing in the Salish Sea (7-28-20)
• Cedar, Big Enough, and Boats(7-21-20)
• Link Roundup(7-14-20)
• Shaking the Snow Globe(7-7-20)
• Sweat Equity and the House Construction Project (6-16-20)
• A Walk on Orcas Island(6-2-20)
• Inside the COVID Bubble(5-12-20)
• City Life Versus Island Life (4-28-20)
• The Pandemic’s Impact on Home Construction and Book Publishing (4-14-20)
• WHOOOOSH and the Whales (3-31-20)
• A Dispatch from the Covid Quarantine (3-17-20)
• In an Instant, She Was Gone (03-05-20)
• Home as a Platform (2-18-20)
• The Moment Everything Changed at Common Craft ⚡️ (2-11-20)
• Summoning the Gumption (1-28-20)
• Surprisingly Interesting in 2020 (1-21-20)

2019

• Ready for Rain Year in Review (12-24-19)
• Why Home Construction Takes So Much Time(12-17-19)
• Gettin’ Hygge With Indoor Living (12-10-19)
• A Return to Herb’s (12-3-19)
• Beefy Structural Steel (11-26-19)
• Making Media for Ready for Rain Newsletter (11-19-19)
• The House Project in Pictures (11-12-19)
• Changing Plans During Construction (11-05-19)
• Crabbing in the Salish Sea(10-29-19)
• The History of Concrete and Our House Foundation (10-22-19)
• Getting the House Out of the Ground (10-15-19)
• Your Questions About The House Project, Answered ⬇️ (10-8-19)
• Everything is Temporary in the Guesthouse (10-1-19)
• Geology and Site Work on Orcas Island (9-24-19)
• Seafaring with Our Boat, “Short Story” (9-17-19)
• Removing and Using Big Trees (9-10-19)
• The Demolition of the Yurt-Shaped House (9-03-19)
• Goodbye to the Yurt-Shaped House ♻️ (8-27-19)
• Why Orcas Island? Why now? (8-20-19)
• A More Affordable Home Design (8-13-19)
• Changing Course in House Planning ➡️ (8-6-19)
• The Reveal of the House Estimate (7-30-19)
• The House Plans(7-23-19)
• The Grinch on the Hill (7-16-19)
• Finding The Builder (7-9-19)
• Finding the Guest House (7-2-19)
• Good Lives Make Bad Stories (6-25-19)
• Sharing a Brain (6-18-19)
• Getting the Construction Project Started (6-11-19)
• Phase Change (6-4-19)
• The Surprising Origin of the Name “Orcas” Island ?⛵️ (5-28-19)
• Some People are Born to Move Houses (5-21-19)
• Goodbye, Seattle (5-14-19)
• Finishing the Hunter House (5-7-19)
• Living the Half-Life (4-30-19)
• The Inspiration for the Name “Ready for Rain” (4-23-19)
• Utter Destruction at the Hunter House(4-18-19)
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (4-11-19)
• The Hunter House Renovation Project in Seattle(4-10-19)
• Aboard the Elwha Ferry ⛴ (4-08-19)
• Living in Public in Seattle (4-07-19)
• Breaking the Rules at the Westsound Potluck (4-06-19)
• The View from the Yurt on Orcas Island ⛵️ (4-05-19)
• The Second Place on Orcas Island (4-04-19)
• The Deer Trap (4-03-19)
• The Day the Kingdome Came Down in Seattle (4-02-19)
• We Bought a Yurt-Shaped House(4-01-19)
• The Yurt-Shaped House on Orcas Island ⛺️(03-31-19)
• Common Craft and Camping on Tuesdays (03-30-19)
• Dreaming of Orcas Island – As The Salmon Sizzled (03-29-19)
• Fear of Missing In (03-28-19)
• The Guy on the Ferry with South Carolina Plates (03-27-19)