Locomotoring

Spending our time untethering the mind, getting the fidgets out, exploring the in-between ideas, and learning kintsugi.

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Aangan House, an anemoia

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Aangan is Hindi word for a courtyard, in this case, an inner courtyard. The photo is courtesy of Mikiko Kikuyama.

Our home! This summer marks the 10th year we have resided here, the longest we have been in any one home as a family, and the longest I have lived anywhere. The house itself is over 90 years old. It has strong bones. I wish that no tree was harmed in its making, but our home, and homes like ours, wiped out California’s old growth Redwood forests. And now, while I am trying to untether myself from my existential guilt of living in a 90 year old house that is built with a 1000 year old tree, Philip Stielstra is planting Redwood trees up the Pacific northwest to give them a chance against climate change (link).

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May 17, 2024 at 7:22 am

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