[Cob] RE: OK, this is a heart throb for me

[paul]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Trella" <charlestrella at hotmail.com>
To: <Coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: [Cob] RE: OK, this is a heart throb for me


> Ron et all . .
>
> Uncloaking from lurkdom momentarily to say . . . yeah, me too. <drool 
> drool>
>
> I don't believe I have ever piped up on this board, primarily because I am 
> an East coast (NYC area) conventional home owner stuck in corporate 
> America with the heart of an artist (woodcarver and musician) who dreams 
> of living in a simple (but beautiful) and low impact way far from the 
> madding crowd. <sigh>
>
> Anyway - these pictures are a true inspiration but they are clearly done 
> by hands whose skills and artisanship far exceed my own. To own and live 
> in one of these would be nirvana for me.
>
> It is my dream to build some form of alternative low impact home and life 
> for my retirement in either NH or some NE quadrant of the US state near 
> the mountains.
>
> Thanks for the added inspiration. Just beautiful!!!
>
> Cheers all!
> Chuck

NH rocks, Chuck.  Lots of mountains and lakes, although there are some 
commercialized places (mostly for skiing and tourism) up there too.  It's 
just not nearly as destroyed as anything like what you see every day (or me 
in eastern Mass.)

There are fifty lifetimes of hiking up in the White Mountains.  To me it's 
really special. You can find yourself up there.

If you're staying east I think NH and VT are pretty good bets.  Out west my 
personal favorite is Oregon.  It's almost 100k square miles with only 3 
million people.  I could write a book about Oregon (but I won't.) 
Coincidentally there is a ton of cob stuff happening out there.  And the 
soil has a bunch of clay in it where up in NH it's very sandy in a lot of 
places.

Let us know if you ever check out some places in NH and tell us what you 
think.

p