Beams of Love I recently gave a good friend a deep hug, one of those hugs where you melt into the other, when your mind isn’t, only this deep space you’ve entered. When we came back, she softly and playfully said, “that was Dwelling.” I feel a second book is growing in me, and it’s exploring …
Beams of Love – Exploring Poetry “The world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home.” Wendell Berry …
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Seven Ways to Bring Life-Force into Your Home – Tips for Ecological Living I’m especially entranced this late spring by the abundance of life-force bursting out of the earth! More than abundant – the growth seems to be the air that I breathe. Leaves everywhere, in many shades of green; stalks reaching further out each …
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Client stories – John shares his experience of the book after attending a book reading This week’s blog post is written by John Bayerl. John attended the Dwelling Book Reading Experience on April 21 and wanted to share his impressions with us. Thank you John! After attending one of Bill’s book reading experiences and listening to …
Inspired to create a new workshop for architects, designers & professionals to help them reveal their clients’ poetic program. I just returned from Portland(ia), at the Living Future un-Conference from May 1-4. While there I dove deep into Biophilia and Biomimicry – creating place from a deep intention to love life (here’s the blog post …
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5 recordings of Bill reading poetry from Dwelling This post comes a week late, as we landed from the first Dwelling book reading experience and gathered our thoughts and feedback, and started getting ready for the Living Future unConference in Portland, Oregon… but that will have to wait until next week! For now, we leave …
Tips for an Ecological Home Your home, and your knowing of Home, is not a discrete place – it is part of an ecosystem. When your home feels lacking, in need of expansion or renewal, there are often more options than commonly understood. Before considering renovating or building, there are useful questions you can ask …
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Tips for an Ecological Home in Relationship with the Forces of Nature Most of us tend to live in buildings as when riding a powerboat. When there is a chill in the air, we turn up the thermostat with the press of a button or turn of a dial. Instead, Dwelling invites you to consider …
There is a light grain seed inside You fill it with your self, or it dies. I’m caught in this curling energy, your hair Whoever is calm and sensible, is insane. Rumi This seed of a poem is the catalyst for Dwelling. Our life can be as simple as living into our true, real Self. …
Client stories – Bill writes to his clients after a DWELLING in-home consultation Your courtyard home in Mexico… First off, here is the disposition of your future home – it’s in San Miguel de Allende, about 150 miles north of Mexico City. San Miguel is a beautiful Colonial town, with the usual vibrant Mexican life force. You …
Reflections for a client wanting to build a courtyard home in Mexico Read More »