Book Recommendation: A Home for the Soul by Anthony Lawlor
Resources – Books to Read A Home for the Soul, by Anthony Lawlor, is a beautiful book revealing ways to dwell in every aspect of our home. Anthony Lawlor is a California based architect who discusses the inner life of many aspects of our home. He explores mindfully living in ways that connect us with […]
Two or More… An Exploration of Relationship
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 […]
Contemplating a Wendell Berry Poem to Learn to be at Home
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 […]
Being Part of Life… Seven Ways to Bring Life-Force Into Your Home
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 […]
Biophilia, Biomimicry & Dwelling at the Living Future unConference
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 […]
Recordings from a Book Reading Experience
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 […]
What is Home and how you can cultivate it as an ecosystem
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 […]
5 Ways to Engage with Your Home as a Sailboat
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 […]