Nature’s hidden infrastructure: how fungi shape the world beneath us by Nicolás Boullosa on March 19, 2026 They are the first wave of life after fire. Yet fungi, usually overlooked, do far more: shaping medicine, fermentation, and …
30 years fine-tuning micro-homestead oasis: nothing missing, little extra by Nicolás Boullosa on March 15, 2026 For nearly 30 years, David and Pearl Omick have been fine-tuning a tiny, portable home in the Sonoran Desert—an 8×16-foot …
What if? The fork in the road the world missed in the 1970s by Nicolás Boullosa on March 11, 2026 Today’s crises are not sudden; they are the slow release of tensions accumulated since the 1970s pivot from production to …
Nordic homestead near Russian border: couple’s no-bank, no-phone life by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2026 “I’ve only worked for pay for 3 weeks in my entire life. I’m 60.” Yet Lasse Nordlund has never stopped …
Being outdoors all year without being outside: do courtyards make sense? by Nicolás Boullosa on March 4, 2026 From the Alhambra to California backyards, an ancient architectural typology shows how patios, plants, and water create microclimates, social space, …
He lived on the street. Now turns raw dryland into frugal homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2026 After being laid off with just $6,000 in savings — and having experienced homelessness — John started over. He left …
Male stuff: ensuring boys turn out decent adults (hint: it’s not hyperparenting) by Nicolás Boullosa on February 26, 2026 Homecoming epics and schoolyard standoffs: raising decent boys in a culture that sells insecurity as manhood. Imagine growing up as …
4-generation family builds container fourplex atop giant missile silo by Kirsten Dirksen on February 22, 2026 After purchasing a Titan II Missile Silo Complex in Arizona—decommissioned in 1983 and buried under concrete and dirt for more …
Homesteading from the Homestead Act to YouTube. A real American Dream? by Nicolás Boullosa on February 19, 2026 The tools changed from axe and almanac to solar and smartphones, but the old wager remains: live deliberately, outside the …
Engineer’s underground dome home blends into desert like living organism by Kirsten Dirksen on February 15, 2026 In 1983, engineer Greg Reinhart bought a patch of raw land in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and began carving out a …
