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Saturday Tweets: Mobile Markets, Big Oil and Public Transit Seat Covers

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Saturday Linkages
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...inLA) March 21, 2019 An incredible piece of storytelling on the dangers of lead paint—and how difficult it can be to know when it’s lurking in your home—by @awalkerinLA https://t.co/DSHpj2IAjX — Amy Plitt (@plitter) March 20, 2019 Super bloom creates new California natural disaster: tourism overflow https://t.co/adHKn7Wl3O — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 19, 2019 “We come into this life with nothing and we go with nothing.” The owner of beloved...

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Backyard in Progress

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Garden Design, Gardening
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...I made a bridge so that when it rains water will flow under the path that leads to our shed. This is why you hire an outsider expert: Kelly and I would never have thought of this rain garden or the idea of running the flow under the path. Yes, one of these days I’ll remove the bar code from that pipe! We plan on planting this area with native plants in the fall. Laramee and his crew also hauled up some rock to better define the paths in our yard...

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On the 100th Birthday of Our House: The Past and Future of Housing in the U.S.

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Design
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This year marks our home’s 100th birthday. Throughout the year I plan on writing a few posts on what it’s like to live in an intact and, mostly, unaltered 980 square foot 1920s era bungalow. Let’s start with the differences between a house in 1920 and now. In 1920 the average house size in the U.S. was just over 1,000 square feet. Square footage peaked a few years ago at around 2,600 square feet and has declined slightly since. The often forgotte...

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There she goes, my beautiful world

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Design
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...of a table saw and band saw I much prefer “fighting the power” with an over 100 year old hand plane that works as well as the day it was made. I’ve slowly begun to shift to using hand tools more often. They are safer, produce less dust and, while taking some practice to get used to, are just as precise if not more so and lead to fewer catastrophic mistakes. Lastly, I can’t minimize how important it is to have a proper workbench. Other crafts such...

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