Tag: our place

  • What We Didn’t See (or Didn’t Want To)

    We already had the land.Before the purchase, we checked the zoning plan.Yes, building was allowed.On paper, everything was fine. What we didn’t fully see were the things that don’t show up on maps so easily. The things you quietly accept We knew there were no utilities on the land.We knew access wouldn’t be perfect.We knew…

  • THE BEGINNING

    In the beginning, there was light.Not a plan. Not a house. Not a clear vision of the future.Just light — resting briefly on the landscape — and a quiet feeling that we should stay. We searched for a place for a long time.Not efficiently. Not quickly.For almost ten years, we crossed the country back and…

  • Another small beginning

    This is not a finished thought.Just a place to see how the page breathes when there is more to read.Some words exist only to test space, rhythm, and silence.

  • A quiet beginning

    This space didn’t start with a plan.It started with a need for quiet. A place between the forest and the human trace.Between observation and participation. I don’t know yet what this will become.But I know how it should feel.