BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2723460:Event:106966 DTSTAMP:20260714T191740Z SUMMARY:Building a Better Nest: Living Lightly at Home and in the Worl d DESCRIPTION:Join Village Books and Transition Whatcom as we welcome Ev elyn Hess at Literature Live.\n*Join us for this FREE Lit Live! event -- meet the author and get your book signed!*\nFor fifteen years, Evel yn Hess and her husband David lived in a tent and trailer, without ele ctricity or running water, on twenty acres of wild land in the foothil ls of the Oregon Coast Range. When they decided to build a house – a real house at last – they knew it would have to respect the lessons of simple living that they learned in their camping life. They knew t hey could not do it alone. Building a Better Nestchronicles their adv entures as they begin to construct a house of their own, seeking a mod el for sustainable living not just in their home, but beyond its walls . As Hess and her husband age, the questions of how to live responsibl y arise with greater frequency and urgency. With unfailing wit and hum or, she looks for answers in such places as neuroscience, Buddhism, an d her ancestral legacy. Building a Better Nestwill appeal to anyone w ith an interest in sustainable building, off-grid living, or alternati ve communities. The questions it asks about the way we live are earnes t and important, from an author whose voice is steeped in wisdom and g ratitude.\nEvelyn Searle Hess lives in the foothills of southern Orego n’s Coast Range. At various times a teacher, greenhouse manager, gar dener, garden designer, and a native-plant nursery owner, along with b eing a mother, grandmother, and now great grandmother, she currently w eeds, writes, and tries to put up her garden produce before the critte rs get it. In spare moments she helps husband David with their life pr oject, building a house. Hess’s previous book To the Woods won the 2011 WILLA Literary Award for Best Creative Nonfiction.\n\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/building- a-better-nest-living-lightly-at-home-and-in-the-world DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20160423T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20160423T200000 CATEGORIES:literature, live LOCATION:Village Books WEBSITE:http://www.villagebooks.com/event/evelyn-hess-4/23/1614 URL:http://www.villagebooks.com/event/evelyn-hess-4/23/1614 CONTACT:360.671.2626 ORGANIZER:Village Books ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2270132974?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Cindy Mi cleu":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/CindyMicleu ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kathy Ha senjaeger":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KathyHasenjaeger ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="David Ma cLeod":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Aspenson g:https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Aspensong ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Paul Ku epfer":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/PaulKuepfer END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR