cleaning our basement, which used to be somebody else's basement

This weekend we had a co-op house work day in which we worked on various projects around the house.  Our living room was painted, a rain barrel was installed, and my project was to clean one of the rooms in the basement. 

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the month of qudrat

The Baha'i month of Qudrat started on the evening of 3 November, and will go until the evening of 22 November.   It's the thirteenth month of the Baha'i year (the Baha'i calendar has nineteen months of nineteen days each) and this month is precious to me in many ways. 

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Posted on Saturday, 7 November 2009, 18:19 by Registered Commenterthe different drummer soundtrack in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

hello, i'm still here (or, the threads that connect us)

I've been bad about blogging recently.   For the first two weeks it was due to writer's block, but in the last week or so we've had a problem with our Internet connection at our house. 

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Posted on Sunday, 1 November 2009, 12:00 by Registered Commenterthe different drummer soundtrack in , | Comments1 Comment

choosing a public transportation lifestyle

A car-free lifestyle has numerous advantages. I don't have to worry about car payments,  repair bills, rising gas prices, maintenance, shoveling out the car in the winter, or road conditions.

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Posted on Thursday, 8 October 2009, 20:50 by Registered Commenterthe different drummer soundtrack in | Comments2 Comments

cooperative house retreat

Now one year has passed, and we felt that this would be a good time to kick back, relax, and reflect.

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Posted on Sunday, 4 October 2009, 16:15 by Registered Commenterthe different drummer soundtrack in | CommentsPost a Comment