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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Thanks Don.  I went to the site (click on link) , and it has a slideshow of 
the photos from the book.  If I could find a used local copy....bobf

http://www.shelterpub.com/_builders/BPC-book.html

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--- On Fri, 10/24/08, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Lloyd Kahn's latest
> To: "'Gene GeRue'" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 1:50 PM
> Today the weather here in Asheville, NC is dismal with
> drizzly rain and
> overcast leading to depressed feelings of loneliness.  My
> pickup still has
> problems because I cannot afford the $1300 they wanted so I
> will be getting
> a junkyard rear end for $500 and replacing it myself in the
> dirt.  My shoes
> are coming apart, something I had not noticed until I
> stepped in a puddle
> when coming out of a grocery store after spending a lot of
> money for so few
> bags of groceries that I could carry in one trip.  The
> trailer heater is
> working hard using up expensive propane.  Then the U.S.
> Mail delivered a
> great treat that significantly brightened my day.  The
> latest book by Lloyd
> Kahn "Builders of the Pacific Coast" is filled
> with fantastic pictures of
> owner built homes and the builders mostly from Vancouver
> Island.  Homes
> built of found materials and whole logs from the woods. 
> Homes that are
> eclectic and funky, homes that I wish I could build.  A
> great book.
> 
>  
> 
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> 
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
> 
>  
> 
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