When places speak through people: revisiting Sonoma by way of a sculptor by Nicolás Boullosa on December 4, 2025 Sometimes a stranger’s note brings a whole story flooding back: redwoods, copper surfaces, a tea house, sculptures people “use”… Remembering …
Turning suburban backyard into Bronze Age paradise: year-round food & natural lake by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2025 On an ordinary suburban lot in Sebastopol, California, Erik Ohlsen and his family grow nearly everything they eat—fruits, vegetables, nuts, …
Life-Changing Homes for healing, personal growth & starting over 👉🌱 by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2025 Life-Changing Homes is a book for people in transition—those starting over, downsizing, dreaming bigger, or simply rethinking what “home” can …
Book launch dispatches: In praise of unrushed stories & Life-Changing Homes by Nicolás Boullosa on May 29, 2025 Step inside homes that transformed lives. Discover stories that linger, not scroll past. It is a book for readers who …
Tetris founder’s family village is collapse-proof, remote offgrid-topia by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2025 High in the hills of Hawaii’s Big Island, Henk Rogers—best known for bringing Tetris to the world—is taking on a …
Hidden bunker-like gem is actually affordable, underground family home by Kirsten Dirksen on April 20, 2025 Just beyond the olive groves of Sikamino, Greece, a jagged seam in the earth quietly declares its presence. In a …
Sonoma County’s innocent self-building days: Jenine’s $3,500 rolling home by Nicolás Boullosa on November 20, 2024 When tracing the roots of backyard cottages (Accessory Dwelling Units, ADUs), renegade builders of tiny houses in Sonoma engaged the …
Designing homes that age well & adapt to life’s different stages by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2024 From the sandwich generation to the boomerang generation, homes undergo makeovers that don’t seem aligned with life’s events. This can …
Why a lack of porosity in homes and urbanism is making people sick (studies) by Nicolás Boullosa on May 1, 2024 We like to think of ourselves as independent entities capable of forging our own paths. But we are born into …
The places we’ve lived: our pros/cons of city, suburbs & countryside by Nicolás Boullosa on February 21, 2024 While building a personal business at *faircompanies, as well as helping launch and grow a successful YouTube channel, I have …
