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Half an Acre

vol. 8, num. 14 :: 2009.07.02 — 2009.07.17

Sometimes it’s a seller’s market, and then other times it’s a buyer’s market.  And in all times there’s an urge to purchase property, to invest in a plot of land for both practical and symbolic reasons.  What’s good and not-so-good about ownership?

 

Feature

Promised land gone

by Sam Van Eman

Warning: asking long-time neighbors about family history might surprise you.

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Editorial

Singing still

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A musical tour of sentiments about ownership.

Articles

Small life

by Ben Armstrong

On the complexity of simplicity and giving up the closet.

Dwelling places

by Michelle Julianne Gallagher

A reflection on the complicated consideration of where to live.

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Dreams for sale

by Sarah Phillips

Tracing a family's history and values through home spaces.

The story of our home

by Joanna Shumaker

On reinforcing a sense of identity through loss.

Conversation: “Half an Acre”

by The *cino Community

Your opportunity to contribute thoughts about home, land and ownership.

Gallery

Stability

by Raymond Blanton

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In case you missed it the first time

Ain't nothin' noble about it

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

A family finds a perfect home in a "changing" neighborhood.

Taking a deep breath

by Marsena Konkle

Creating a home that is right respite for yourself and others.

On home-building

by Tim Lind

Building your own home can be a rewarding adventure when you apply your values.

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Weaving the web

The giant pool of money

This American Life

A surprisingly entertaining account in layman’s terms of how the U.S. got itself into the current housing crisis.

 
 

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I am holding half an acre
Torn from a map of Michigan
And folded in this scrap of paper
Is a land I grew in.

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“Half an Acre”
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