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1. Walter Stumpf says

   July 15, 2014 at 9:40 pm

   Laurie & August,
   We have been browsing through your fantastic website, and I was most interested in the design and construction of your concrete home. I am going to forward your web address to two of our daughters who, I think will find it very interesting.
   1. Joan in Long Island, NY, is very deeply involved in Green Home construction; as she is an instructor conducting seminars for engineers, architects and contractors so they can qualify for LEED certification. They have built a vacation home in North Creek, NY, in the foot of Gore Mt., that was built to the LEED standards.
   2. Mary is a Nurse-Practitioner, ex army nurse, and lived in China for 12 years with her family while her husband was there on an ex-pat assignment. They just moved to Portland, OR this year, and have a large house on a large lot (3.5 acres); and she has put in a large garden this year. She is a vegetarian, and is very big into healthy eating for the family of four kids.

   I admire your website,and the depth of links. I had a brief stint with a blogging website myself. I enjoyed it, but was not profitable for me. I guess I didn’t have the time or talent to apply to it to make it successful.

   August’s unit here should be closing here tomorrow. I hope everything works out well. All of the items that they wanted fixed should be acceptable now. If not, let me know, and I will correct them without charge.

   Walt

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   • Laurie Neverman says

     July 16, 2014 at 11:40 am

     You are always full of surprises, Walt. LEED was in its infancy when we built, but I’m sure we could qualify at some level. It’s great to see a more active interest in building performance instead of just appearances. The goal is to get more content on the site related to green building yet this year, but we’re running a little behind on things with the move and everything else going on.

     It’s also great to see more people taking an active role in producing their own food. The number of local gardens has increased significantly in recent years.

     Blogging can be an awful lot of work, and is extremely competitive. I’m not getting rich, but I’m covering expenses plus a little bit right now, although not even close to covering my time. Hopefully I can stick with it, make improvements, and continue to grow this community.

     Some SNAFUS with the closing today, but hopefully it will all be sorted out soon. Thanks for all your help.

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