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Moonshine

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Fermentation, Food
...the production of moonshine. Nevertheless, we were thrilled to find a new book in the library by Matthew B. Rowley called Moonshine! that offers up an entertaining history as well as recipes and instructions for building two kinds of stills, a simple one made with a wok and a more complex model involving welding that resembles the one being seized in the photo above. As soon as things cool down here this fall we’ll definitely begin some legal fer...

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How to Organize a Small Workshop

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Design
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...space for creativity. I even hosted a cocktail party in the workshop on Halloween. And to the dolt who recently suggested closing libraries, let me note that the inspiration for the layout of my workshop came from a book I stumbled on while browsing the stacks of the library, Great Workshops From Fine Woodworking. When it comes to home repair and woodworking information I seek out Taunton Press books when at the library....

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Rain Barrels

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rainwater harvesting
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...want to discourage anyone from making an attempt at it, but for most urban homesteaders it won’t be economical or practical given the space requirements and weight of thousands of gallons of stored water. Thankfully, there are simpler strategies for harvesting rainwater. Rainwater used for irrigating plants does not need filtering or purification, and since outdoor watering accounts for the number one household water use, you’ll be using that wate...

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24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

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Reviews, Thoughtstylings
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...zards and insecurities of unsheltered sleep. Where do we go from here? The book was written almost 10 years ago in 2013, but the only thing that dates this book is Crary’s attack on blogging which he calls a “one-way model of auto-chattering in which the possibility of ever having to wait and listen to someone else has been eliminated.” Guilty as charged, but blogging now seems quaint next to the horrors of social media which was only just gestati...

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Adam Parfrey 1957-2018

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Thoughtstylings
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...f of the publishing team (with Jodi Wille), who put out our first book The Urban Homestead. At his memorial on Sunday he was remembered as someone who stood up for the principle of free speech, as a trickster, as the “last wild man of American letters,” and as a kind and caring husband, uncle and brother. I want to say just how much we enjoyed working with Adam and Jodi. One of the first events we attended, after our book came out, was a huge publ...

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