We understand that most buyers are looking for space for other family members in a home that is safe, comfortable and private. Where but in the home you already own can you do as little or as much as you need within the budget available. Safety first, add grab bars, build ramps, and widen narrow [...]
In-home ADUs or family apartments can be built within new or existing homes. These Granny flats may be used any number of ways just as detached ADUs except they may not be so controversial. The second apartment is indistinguishable from the primary home on the outside lacking any distinguishable elements such as entry doors, color [...]
1.4 million boomer women who fish 16 million days each year are making their mark on one more of the last bastions of the good old boys. Bookmark It
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Seaside ADUs Seaside Florida, a unique New Town on the Gulf Coast of the Florida panhandle, has matured since its inception 30 years ago. Seaside was a New Urbanism concept community design that you can read about on the community website. I’m most interested today in the large number of Accessory Dwelling Units that have [...]
A recent study focused on the 30% of baby boomers that are are single, over 23 million of them. 3000 single seniors are turning 65 every day and they don’t want to live alone for the rest of their lives. Dating and mating services are catering to this newly found market. We’ve been watching and [...]
Interested in exploring Colorado’s sublime wilderness and catching brilliant Cutthroat Trout from a pristine glacial Lake but just don’t know how to get started? Here’s How! Colorado Free University is hosting classes by Mike Kephart in July & August. Each class includes a guided trip to a high mountain lake. To register go to; www.freeu.com; [...]
80+ women live long lives in Chernobyl in spite of the danger from radiation, “Home” is that important in their lives? The men died long ago but some 200 women survivors are now outliving their octogenarian counterparts outside the danger zone. (The Today Show, April 18, 2011) Mike Kephart Bookmark It
A Jan. 2011 survey, Conservation in the West, a bipartisan effort, revealed truths that our politics has all wrong. 81% of voters in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana and Utah believe that environmental laws should not be reduced in favor of oil and gas companies. (as repotted in the Denver Post Sunday 4/17/11). Yes we [...]
Blog Imprints 1 /31/10 Imprints are strong emotional experiences in our lives that have “imprinted” themselves on our brain to become part of the tapestry of memories that shape our responses to ideas in our living environment, such as; comfort, safety, social status, happiness, fun, and the connection with others. These “imprints” come into play [...]