Nov 13, 2024 | Wednesday Quotes
A home is not only where the next generation is initiated into human life. It is also where each of us must find a space conducive to every-day living. And as Wendell Berry insists, all living things need a congenial context in order to thrive. This starts in our...
Nov 17, 2021 | Man of the Household, Restoring Home Life, Wednesday Quotes
“No social group…can survive without constant informal contact among its members.” “The hearth, the place where food was made and eaten, was the heart of family life.” A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander, et alia With persistent centrifugal factors...
Feb 28, 2018 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“A man is forced to make impossible choices among those desires.” Christopher Alexander, A Timeless Way of Building My wife and I were recently reflecting on a problem. There is so much visiting and hosting that we would like to do, and so little time in...
Aug 3, 2016 | Man of the Household, Restoring Home Life, Wednesday Quotes
“We imagine solid unlockable doors to the bathing room as a whole; perhaps swinging doors to establish the fluidity of the area; and then opaque glass doors or curtains on the shower stall; a simple door for the toilet stalls—this is the most private spot; and an open...
Jul 27, 2016 | Man of the Household, Restoring Home Life, Wednesday Quotes
“Unless the spaces in a building are arranged in a sequence which corresponds to their degrees of privateness, the visits made by strangers, friends, guests, clients, family, will always be a little awkward… [speaking of the custom in Peru…] Formal friends, such as...
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