by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 13, 2004
In the past week dire predictions have been made by scientists (Nature 427 , 107 – 109 ) regarding global warming and the mass extinction of life upon this planet. Predictions of 1 out of every 10 species of plants and animals may die off by 2050—That’s...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 23, 2003
It’s been a while since I last wrote and well, there has been a lot of things going on other than working on the house. After Thanksgiving, I spent a couple of weeks at the house making holiday gifts for family and friends. The house has quite a bit of open...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 25, 2003
For the last few years, I have been watching every November for the Leonid meteor shower and it has never been disappointing. (Even when I had to drive to Tennessee for clear skies!). Last year’s event produced the most meteors but with a full moon, most of them...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 8, 2003
It’s bad enough for the psyche when the weather turns dark and gray, but it doesn’t help with the heating bill either. Nine straight days of cloudy weather has pretty much depleted all of the solar heat storage and in doing so, the wood stove has been...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 26, 2003
Lately I’ve had a hankerin’ for Rice Krispies® and I just can’t figure out why. Could it be that the cordwood walls have been talking to me again? Yes, those three strange sounds once heard while building one of the first walls are back: Snap,...
