On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:23:11 -0500, Barbara Mitchell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>It probably isn't appropriate in this warm humid climate - most of the old >>old cordwoods I've heard about were built in cold dry climes by Finns or >>Swedes. >Glad to hear it's making yet another >comeback - I must have been just a young lass when the last one came around >and was too caught up in geodesic domes and Xanadu home of the future... > Hey Barbara, This Cordwood is not making a comeback - it's been here since you were a "yout", as our Humor Tsar would say. We have a dilapidated geodesic dome too, and a yurt, and that is next on the fix'er upper list. My friend came by and now refers to the Cordwood house as "the Stackwood House". Sounds like he's only off a little bit - I like "Stovewood House". ~deb -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>