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Roberta’s Pyramid

Here’s a true story from my early career. PROLOGUE “She believed that if she positioned a certain part of her body at a specific spot inside a house shaped like a pyramid, and engaged in a popular physical activity, then all the powers of the universe, cosmic, sensual and spiritual, would concentrate at that spot, to create an irrepressible psycho-physiological …

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My Dad, His Church and College Football

In case you’re reading this far in the future, this is a Saturday near the end of November. The year doesn’t matter because the routine has been established for decades. The end of the college football season is in sight. The football giants in my neighborhood are Auburn and Alabama. I realize the contentious nature of the local, super loyal …

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WELCOME to HomeBuildingTimeline.com

Below, is a brief introduction to Home Building Timeline. Take a minute to browse it, or click above  to Go Directly to your Visitor’s Home Page Question : If you don’t know how to build a house, how do you know if anyone else does? This site specializes in DWELLING INDUSTRY INFORMATION for home planning, building, remodeling, flipping, and selling.

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Golden Traces

Golden Traces by Andy Bozeman To-ing and fro-ing among deep Southern shadows of frond and scented petal, Tracing cold fire through mottled leafy veil leaning against a warm blue sky, Cooling as the heat of day spends its last saved glow of sunshine, Fireflies leave golden traces, Rising up with lazy paces, Upward toward the starry places, Where waits the …

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If Plans Could Talk : “Hey! That’s Not Right!”

Homebuilding is habit-based. A routine develops, like Standard Operating Procedure, and embeds itself so deeply into the mind and muscle memory of every tradesman, that the concept of “I should look at the plans” is replaced by “I’ve done this a million times.” So, even if the millionth-and-first time is not like the others, the habit of the others wins, …