at HOME w CALDER in FRANCE.

Looks like Calder lived in a French cave dwelling! Sache, France 1968.photographs by Gjon Mili via LIFE

1978 VOLCE.

In Macedonia there are looms in the rooms. See the youth, the sheep, the garments, the bread making, the hanging of lanterns, the hanging of portraits. Vibrant Volce!via UMass Amherst

RUGS.

Rugs. We grew up with you. via LIFE
 

POSSUM POWER.

This may be the most inspiring documentary I’ve ever seen! Dolly Freed wrote Possum Living : How To Live Well Without A Job And With (Almost) No Money at the age of 18 with only a 7th grade education. In 1978 it was published and became an instant classic for those interested in frugal living [...]

COMMUNAL SPIRITS.

There is a lot to learn from community living of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the largest communes of its day was located in a small town in Western Massachusetts. Brotherhood of the Spirit (renamed Renaissance) was started by Michael Metelica and birthed the band — Spirit of the Flesh.
The most inspiring story is [...]

GDR Living.

Hallo! I just returned from a trip to Berlin and am totally in love with this city. Here are some pictures of ‘typical East German’ interiors right after the Wall fell.
via Spiegel

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