John Cuddeback

Exurban Dream? What Exurbs and Suburbs Have in Common

exurb dream February 28, 2013

When in 1967 my parents were the thirteenth family to move into newly minted Columbia, Maryland, I was three months old. The American dream at that time generally took the form of owning a house in the suburbs. In the…

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The Economics of Splitting Wood by Hand

splitting wood February 6, 2013

Hilaire Belloc once wrote that he never burned anything but oak in the huge fireplace of his ancient home in West Sussex. For a while I considered doing the same in the wood stove of my home in the Shenandoah…

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