<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well said Bruce, Judy Knox was a remarkable inspiration as I got introduced to the straw bale revival, infusing it with personal warmth, larger social relevance, and community.<div><br></div><div>Warmest sympathy,<br><div><div><div><br></div><div>Dan Smith</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 26, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Bruce King wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Matts, I'm hoping that you will see all these wonderful eulogies, if not immediately, then whenever you may get around to looking at email. We send you warm hugs from all over the planet, or at least from this little edge of the deep blue ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>Many times I have wondered how the straw bale revival might have played out if initiated by other types of people than Judy Knox (and Matts Myhrman, and . . . ). Every organization and movement reflects and expresses the DNA of its founders, and we have been especially blessed to have been kicked into gear by noble humans with wishbones, backbones, and funnybones. </div><div><br></div><div>Most of us were already in the building trades when we got bonked by the straw bale revival, but so many of us, like me, had forgotten that building stuff is fun. We had forgotten that building can be -- in fact has to be -- a wild, creative and especially social act. We cannot build alone, or anyway I wouldn't want to. For my part, I (along with so many of you) have maybe contributed a bit with understanding technical stuff like shearwall strength and insulation and moisture durability. But really, who gives a shit? OK, sure, that stuff is important in its way, sort of like taking out the trash and knowing arithmetic and brushing your teeth. But the straw bale revival -- the unmovement that you all embody -- has weirdly little to do with bales of straw, and everything to do with being human in this stunning moment on Earth, in this amazing flash of worldwide Wow. </div><div><br></div><div>It is my enormous pleasure and privilege to know so many of you because of straw bale construction, and live in the hope of meeting the rest of you.</div><div><br></div><div>We owe more thanks to Judy than we know.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Om shanti, om, om, om shanti, go in peace Judy</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Bruce King</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>