After taking the weekend off for family time, again, and having to actually work for a paying job for a few days, we were back on our heads with door work. Today was the last time an inner wall portion would ever be cut from a box. Today was the day the bathroom door wall would be removed, door frame built, and framework installed. Today marks a first for Boxes in Fields. Removing this last bit of wall was very…
Five years ago this week, Boxes in Fields was forever changed. What started out as a planned, once in a lifetime adventure ended up as an unplanned, hopefully, once in a lifetime experience. On Monday, Aug 21 at 11:42 AM GMT, Boxes in Fields was soaking up the full solar eclipse experience. It was amazing, all consuming, and to date, was one of the best things I have participated in. By Friday, Aug 25 at 11:42 pm CST, Boxes in…
Sweet, sweet rain. Who cares that it rained inside the Rainstream on both ends of myside of the bed, from the roof vent onto the living room floor onto my head when sitting at the table, from a light fixture in the bathroom that collected straight into the toilet, and from three of the five openable windows? Not me. Who cares that the area between the Dwelling front door and the Work Box front door flooded and all inhabitants of…
Don’t you love the English language? How words can sound the same yet are spelled differently: bear/bare, deer/dear, hi/high? How words are spelled the same yet have different definitions: mean, foot, pet? Let me not even get started on is red/read or maybe read/read. Over the last two weeks, the Planner welded the roofs together, boxes corners to the framework, the framework uprights and their transfer points to the boxes bottoms, windows and door frames, and the base layer of…