After NYC, she moved to village dug underground: fixing 4 caves in 15 years by Kirsten Dirksen on August 30, 2026 After growing up in Manhattan, Thea Carini landed in Bourré – a tiny French stone-mining town with dozens of homes …
A boat Elvis bought, a suitcase of negatives, & the price of memory by Nicolás Boullosa on August 20, 2026 As we accumulate things, analog and digital, it gets easier to lose the battle against entropy. Some things survive anyway, …
The man who plants the rain: water harvester Brad Lancaster’s urban oasis by Nicolás Boullosa on July 17, 2026 Thirty years after his first illegal curb cut, a desert neighborhood cools its streets with a million gallons of monsoon …
Earned $700/month as mayor in Silicon Valley. A backyard cottage became home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 21, 2025 When Susan Landry became mayor of Campbell, California, she took a pay cut — earning about $700 a month to …
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 …
