Cob: discussion participation:

[JoOhio1 at aol.com]

   I live in northeast Ohio and didn't know there were so many "cobbers" 
around these parts.   Wasn't sure a cob structure could survive our Ohio 
climate. Especially now--where's El Nino and that warmer winter we were 
promised?

   I want to try and build a bread oven someday (starting small) to get a 
feel for the cob craft.  

   Lurker who enjoys reading your posts!

Joanne

"The beauty of nature does not really exist for some people.  "What a pretty 
flower" is just a mechanical mental labeling.  They are not [really] still, 
not present, they don't truly see the flower, feel its essence, its holiness. 
 We live in a mind-dominated culture.  [Some] people who create modern art, 
architecture, music, and literature cannot free themselves from the 
mind...[cannot find that place] where true creativity and beauty arise.  The 
mind left to itself creates monstrosities, and not only in art galleries.  
Look at our urban landscapes and industrial wastelands."    Eckhart Tolle