I use periodic reviews in order to keep track of the main currents in my life. The day to day is too chaotic to discern much structure. Looking back over longer periods of time teases these patterns out in the open. It's similar to canoeing in a white water river …

A peg loom is a weaving technology that has been around since at least the Vikings - and probably much longer. The loom is made of a single log with holes at regular spacings. Each hole will fit a peg. Each peg has a hole near the bottom to allow a …

Looby Macnamara's Design Web is a design process. You can read about it in her book People & Permaculture. I resonate with using its anchor points and allowing jumping between points as questions come up and get answered.

The tool gives 12 different anchor points to use as a starting point …

I have started bullet journaling on 20 December 2019. I have kept to a very minimal set of collections.

Ryder Carroll encourages you to record an intention for your bullet journaling practice. Mine is: "I want my BuJo practice to help me record the ebb and flow of my life …

• oil is used
  • in powering machines for moving / transporting
    • raw materials
    • half finished products
    • finished products
    • people
  • in these environments
    • water - boat, submarine
    • land - car, shovel, tractor, truck
    • air - airplane, helicopter, drone
  • it is also used as a basis for
    • lubricants
    • solvents (in paint, as a cleaning agent)
  • characteristics
    • oil …

Below is a list of patterns found in nature. Every pattern is a response to a specific challenge.

• branching / fractal
  • scattering or gathering information / nutrients
  • cover a lot of surface with little material requirements
• circle / ring / torus
  • strong
  • small interior, large exterior
  • used for constriction
• cloud
  • dispersed, low density
  • saturation …

I first came across the mental inventory when I started using the Bullet Journal method.

Find the original explanation here.

• Create it by rapid logging / brain dumping into three columns
  • Things I am working on
  • Things I should be working on
  • Things I want to be working on
• Filter your …

I'm collecting information for a design on location. This to validate our current choice of location and / or to find another place that is more suitable to our wants and needs.

We made a shampoo bar / soap for washing our hair. We did this for the first time in 2021 and after we had used up the first batch, we made a second batch in 2022.

We took every precaution to do this safely. Please familiarize yourself with the process before …