http://athenaluna.com/lunasee Gathering Wisdom ~ Sharing Spirit Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:07:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Both Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke won Academy Awards for their portrayal of teacher and student in this multiple-award winning 1962 movie. While Patty Duke is mesmerizing to watch, all of Anne Bancroft’s monologues are just as spellbinding to hear. (Great writing of course…let’s not forget William Gibson, who wrote ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=52 As a teen I had no idea who Robert Shaw was when I saw him in Jaws, but I was as riveted as everyone else who experienced his character’s speech about surviving the Indianapolis. I’d just read an article about the Enola Gay, so I knew what the Indianapolis had ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=51 Now you know one of the first things people will say about these building blocks is that they will just encourage people to throw more things away. Sigh. On the positive side, how fun would it be to own a ‘garbage house’ and have it be a good thing? ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=50 I mentioned the tankless water heater the house will have. Being a tiny house there are space considerations to take into account. Happily, I’ve found a few other fabulous mechanical conveniences that I’m excited to install. LAUNDRY A combination washer/dryer is much more common than it used to be. ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=47 I’m telling you, this is the best bathroom ever. Well, the best small bathroom ever. Styled in mediterranean colors, it will feel like a courtyard at an italian villa. And it will have no shower curtain or walls. In such a small space I felt it a ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=48 There is a fundamental disconnect in modern home design that unnecessarily separates clothing storage from clothing cleaning. Why do we store clothes in our bedrooms? You do not need a bed in order to use clothes, and vice versa. Okay, so you may wear pajamas to bed, but do you ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=49 Let’s start with the stairs to the loft in my tiny house. In a house this small, every part has to function in multiple ways. A stair cannot just be a stair. As Alton Brown says, “the only uni-tasker is the fire extinguisher”. The utility items ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=46 Today’s fortune cookie: One of life’s greatest pleasures is doing what people say you cannot do. I’m building a house. A tiny house. No, really. I don’t know where, I don’t know when, but I’m building it. Why? I was inspired by Jay Shafer’s Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, ... http://athenaluna.com/lunasee/?p=45