I’m pleased to present my second interview with Zackery Belanger of Arcgeometer. Moving to Detroit … founding an acoustic architecture studio … getting one’s hair and wardrobe just right for a phone interview … all things we discuss below. Zackery: How’s my hair? Is my hair okay? Elizabeth: Oh it’s great. Yeah, your hair is fantastic. I…
Author: Elizabeth Lindau
Exploring Dearborn's culinary treasures, and rehabbing a tiny house in Michigan.
How’d I do, Mr. Sullivan?
Do I get in “A” in wood pile tarping?
Breaking weather report
Now that the firewood is all stacked, I can now officially report: we will be having the warmest winter on record.
Chopping wood – The world’s most satisfying task
Well, another installment in the saga that is the insect-infested oak tree that we cut down. The good news about cutting down an oak tree is that you have firewood for life. The bad news is … there is lots and lots of wood to split. I’ve tried to split wood exactly one other time….
Pro Tip: Close the Screens
If you paint the window frames just before dusk, even if the paint feels dry to the touch, close the screens. Or don’t leave a light on just inside the window.
Lorelei H. Scott of Indigo Eden Arts Jewelry
Can you give me an overview of your business, what you do, what you make. My name is Lorelei H. Scott, and my company is Indigo Eden Arts. I make jewelry. Mostly silver, but I work copper and some brass in there, and I just did a little bit of work in gold. Right now it all…
Treasure Hunting in Antarctica
“Grab your ECW,” Kip* barked at me across the floor of the carp shop. The year was 1999, and I was employed in the carpentry (carp) shop at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, as a general assistant … the bottom rung on the shop’s hierarchy. Kip, being a few levels above me, had every right to order…
Putty
The windows at the tiny house are in decent shape. But the putty (which holds the glass panes in place) is very dried and cracked. Last fall I took a razor blade and chipped out the old putty and re-applied some new. I didn’t just fine on window number one. But on window number two,…
Boating advice if you’re ever in Fiji
If you’re on a big boat in the middle of the ocean in Fiji, and a little boat pulls along side it, and you’re being told you need to get in the little boat to get back to the main island faster in order to catch your plane, but the people in the little boat…
TIMBER!
Well, there goes the tree. Sigh. The decision to cut down this tree really reflects my standard decision-making process. Fret, get input from others, fret some more, do some research, fret, decide. Then regret.
Mice: The cockroach of the forest
I don’t find roaches in and of themselves terribly disgusting. They’re pretty small. Granted, they scurry in a creepy, buggy manner. But they’re scurrying AWAY from me, so that’s something to be grateful for.
Isn’t it delightful when things just work?
If you know me well, you know I’m still a bit of a luddite. Maybe more than a bit. A smart phone still eludes me. I complain ceaselessly about my work technical difficulties. Just thinking about finding a new system to store all our digital photos makes my blood pressure rise. So for me, it’s…
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