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Geobarns Journey: Italy to Texas – The Old World to the New

In the past month we have racked up some miles… journeying to Italy with Casey and David to develop a master site plan for the Rochetta project — including water pathways, vineyard, roads, new and medieval buildings, and development of a permaculture farm. Casey learned to overcome her lack of Italian by using her hands

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Catching My Breath…

We have had an eventful year—both professionally and personally…and with the two winter holidays on the weekends the hiatus has provided some time to rest and reflect…too rare an occurrence these days.  We have been blessed with a huge amount of work which we anticipate will carry us through the winter…not only in NY, VA,

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Geobarns, Holy Cross Anglican Church in Virginia, construction exterior landscape view, virginia farmland

Easter Inauguration of the Holy Cross Anglican Church in Virginia

Last Sunday—just before I got here—the private venue church we have been building in Crozet—had their first service Easter morn….as forecast by the local paper a few weeks prior.  Needless to say, this was the fruit of years of labor by our clients and countless others seeking to plant a church closer to home for

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Winter Work: Shoveling Snow, Keeping Warm, Growing in Grace

It has been some time since I wrote a post—indicative of lots of travel, some strain in keeping up with the weather, and plowing through not only manifold snowfalls but also new projects along with those we barely got in ground before further excavation became impossible for now… We have about eight jobs going….finishing up

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Wondrous Winter: Gift of God

While many of these pictures are current projects and those which we hope to shortly start….quite a number are also winter wonderland shots over the years portraying the harrowing beauty of the cold season that nonetheless also mysteriously warms our hearts. I have always felt that when we work in winter we somehow mitigate its

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Overwhelmed with Thanksgiving: Building and Being Built All Over the Map

It has been a very long time since the last post…partly a reflection of the intense travel schedule to CA, Europe, TX, VA, all over the Northeast and next week to Wisconsin….and this was all in the past month or so…. More important—some intense family blessings and heartache with two new grandchildren (Isidoro and Iris)

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Finishing Touches from A to Z, North to South, Magnificent to Minute

In the last few weeks we have transitioned from a smaller number of large, long term projects to a lot of new ones—and with no small sadness we are letting go and moving on… The longest and most complex being Hope Church—just west of Richmond, VA where many issues and setbacks beyond our control severely

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