At church, work, and school, I’ve had the opportunity to [be compelled to] attend training meetings. Thursday last week, I got a call from our high council representative that the stake wanted all priesthood leadership to attend a training meeting after church on Sunday. Since the meeting was organized on short notice, I figured that [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The Pre-Meeting Video
Posted in Church, School, Work, tagged context, effective meetings on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Interpretive Jobs
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I saw this ad today:
What’s up with those pictures? I like how the therapist is playing soccer, and the criminal investigator really needs to go to the bathroom. And what’s the graphic designer doing? Is that the Care Bear Stare?
Community: Whither Hence? The Plan
Posted in Green Hill, tagged bofællesskab, cohousing, community building on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent a few posts over the last couple weeks describing my vision for a community. So how does this transfrom from some occasional online musings into a brick and mortar construction development?
One of the best resources I’ve found is a book called The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community. It answers this question, [...]
Rothko Paintings
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my coworkers has a printout of an orange rectangle with a couple other orange rectangles in it. I was curious, so I went over this morning to ask him about it. Here’s the conversation we had:
Me: Hi, I wanted to ask about the orange rectangles.
Him: What?
Me: The picture of the orange rectangles on [...]
Curses
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There are few people in my life that I dislike, and I feel like I rarely act on my dislike for people that I need to interact with. But if for some reason it was within my power to change one aspect of another person’s life, and if I happened to have very strong (hopefully [...]
Checklisting
Posted in Musings on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was halfway to work this morning when I realized that I had forgotten my laptop computer. I’m taking evening classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, and I need my computer for them, so that’s kind of a bummer. It got me thinking how this has been an ongoing issue for me. Through high school, I [...]
Moving On: Finding a Place
Posted in Green Hill, tagged community, location, this is the place! on February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I want to step away from my fascination with bofællesskab and discuss a topic that’s a little more fun. Also, it gives me an excuse to try making a blog poll, which I’ve never done before. So the question is, if we were to build a community, where should it be? Please feel free to [...]
How It Looks
Posted in Green Hill, tagged bofællesskab, cohousing, pictures on February 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve found that the pictures I’ve seen of cohousing communities were what initially sold me on it. They show communities that are attractive, organized, and well-taken-care-of. Here are a few:
As you can probably tell, Hearthstone Cohousing was built by the same developers who did the Nevada City Cohousing. Hey Jade, speaking of which, Nevada City [...]
My Drive to Work
Posted in Nature, tagged commute, morning, sunrise on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sunrise was awesome from the top of the hill on my morning commute. As I was just about to get onto the freeway, the thought popped into my head, “Too bad you didn’t get a picture of that.” I was going to let it go, but then I realized that the Dane of five [...]
Bofællesskab, Part 2
Posted in Green Hill, tagged apartments, bofællesskab, cohousing, comparative communities, suburbia on February 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
So, like I said earlier, my four main concerns for the green hill are:
Affordability
Mainstream
Encourage interaction
Provide free time
So how does bofællesskab/cohousing measure up on these? Let’s see.
Affordability
From what I’ve read, a home in a bofællesskab costs about 10% less than a comparable suburban home. The shared facilities mean that the individual homes can be smaller without feeling cramped [...]
