Ulan McKnight

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Jan 21 2017

Women’s March

Today we marched for women’s rights which are human rights. We started in Albany at 8am and ended just before midnight in San Francisco. We are stronger together!

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Jan 16 2017

Bonfire on the beach in January

Kevin invited us out for another gathering. Good Times™ were had by all.

And once again, Ivan has produced some amazing photos for us to enjoy.

PS: Happy Birthday Sheri!

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Dec 10 2016

Polishing challenges

80 grit With water and without With degreaser and without With and without Jasco Premium Pain Remover

The question is… what is the right mix? Am I even doing this right? It doesn’t look like all the paint is gone. The floor is definitely cleaner… but is that enough?

How clean is clean enough?

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Nov 14 2016

Bonfire on Marin

Kevin and Wendy invited friends out for a bonfire on the beach in Point Reyes. Joy.

Bellow are some choice pictures by Ivan.

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Oct 24 2016

Get paid to build your own home

The idea

Pay people to work on their own home.

How it works

Everyone who works on homes for Building Sound Community starts off getting paid a living wage of $20/hour. After 6 months of full-time work or 900 hours (40 x 4 x 6 – wellness leave = 900), all workers receive a …

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Sep 19 2016

We begin our build

Greg and I have been talking about what we want to build for months. Today we bought our first trailer.

I sent out a call to over 100 advocates to see who wanted to help us with our project. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.

As we were leaving Santa Rosa we passed a …

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Sep 19 2016

Colfax House – 2014

Dickie Poeske from The Lost Tea Party was the lead builder for a house up in Colfax. He spent a bunch of time talking to me about the 10 year journey. Toni Martin sent me some recent photos she took of the property. I figured I would share them here.

I love working with such …

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