Just finished #Drystone: A Life Rebuilt from @kristiedegaris. It's heavy stuff (pun intended), but it's so compelling and well-written that it took me only three days. A remarkable, and relatable, thing indeed.

It's available DRM-free (watermarked) on PocketBook.de in English.

"The walls of Himachal Pradesh were built for the same reasons as the walls of Italy or Slovenia. The craft is identical. What differs is what we have been taught to see as worthy of attention"

"When the walls of Great Zimbabwe were first encountered by European colonisers, they refused to believe Africans had built them"

Drystone waller Kristie de Garis.

#Drystone #Walls #History
Drystone Diary - Whose History Is Worth Knowing?
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/drystone-diary-history-worth-knowing

My Quaker meeting is planning an outdoor amphitheatre made of stone. I want to make sure the design uses dry stone #masonry, without any mortar, in part because I understand this provides valuable habitat for #wildlife.

I'm having difficulty finding any resources on this subject targeted at the #USA, however; most sources mention European animals living in walls. I have no doubt the same principles apply in North America, but I'd like local details.

Could you suggest sources?

#DryStone

I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.

#drystone #drystonewall #scotland #orkney

Added @kristiedegaris book #Drystone to the hotel’s library for more people to read.

#zafiro #hotel #canpicafort #mallorca