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Trying to take my mind off things during the NaoWriMo-a-thon I’ve taken to leafing through a book I really enjoy. Someday I hope to be able to build one of these on a little piece of land up in the bush. A guy has to have dreams.

Kennedy, Joseph & Smith, Michael & Wanek, Catherine eds. 2002. The Art of Natural Building: Design Construction Resources. New Society Publishers. ISBN 0865714339.

What I liked about this book: This is a wonderful book for those who are starting to think about how the types of buildings and architecture affects our environment and our daily lives. This book has a wealth of information in it about making better, more environmentally healthy living spaces that do not cost an arm and a leg.

What I disliked about this book: The one factor I disliked was that the book was not self contained. I suppose one can ask for too much, but one isn’t going to get it. This book is a starting place only. If you are looking for complete and full detailed plans, this book will only point you in the right direction for your research.

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Welcome to day six. A say in which we try to pick up and carry on. It’s been a cold wet dreary weekend here, and in true pathetic fallacy, progress on the novel mirrors nature.

Writing for me requires two things, a state of mind to do so, and the atmosphere to do so in. On “Kid Weekends” I have discovered that I can’t really get the two together. Either the state of mind is not there because I’d just rather be playing and spending time with them, or the atmosphere is all shot to hell. It’s hard to write in the midst of the modern active family; three barking dogs, two kids playing games - TV’s blaring. Discretion being the better part of valour, I decided to give in and let the tides of family carry me away.

As a result I’m in the hole for about 3K of wordsmithing. I’m running a NaNoWriMo deficit. Tomorrow I return to the dread fabric covered box which is my cubical at Gigantic Concrete. Let’s see if I can’t make some ground up today and get back on track.