by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 22, 2013 | Building |
YUCATAN On a slate swept clean by a stone from the sky, where masons once stacked temples high above the trees and fire-breathing conquistadors stamped the earth flat again, where haciendas bloomed amid raw henequen spikes– this is the place to spread your colorful...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 20, 2013 | Building |
Yesterday we discovered that the stone block for the bedroom terrace fountain was not cut square. One side was skewed by 10 mm to 18 mm. Since the stone abuts the stone flooring, this skewed line would show in relationship to the paving stone grid. We also discovered...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 17, 2013 | Building |
Yesterday we offloaded the 60 CM X 60 CM X 60 CM carved stone block that will be used for the fountain outside our bedroom. It was quite the ordeal in that it weighed 600 kilos. Seeing these strong, dedicated masons and builders tackle the problem of moving the stone...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 13, 2013 | Building |
We live in a world of blurred edges with political string pullers trying to convince us that the edges are clearly defined. The world according to me is very grey. It is not black and white. I like living deep within these grey edges–weaving in and out of a...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 12, 2013 | Building |
Report from the field: One of the humbling things about being in a place like Merida is you realize just how much effort people spend in the US to defend and entrench and how much effort people here spend to live in harmony. My interaction with local folks here is...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Oct 9, 2013 | Building |
Tomorrow is a big day at Calle 57. We will be installing the Centor rolling screen between the three columns on the north side of the porch. These rolling units are made in Australia and, for the US market, assembled in Chicago. It was quite an ordeal to coordinate...
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