Field notes from the desert

baritobajada

an off-grid homestead, built by hand. read it from the start, meet the systems, and ask the house anything.

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01barito on the bajadathe housenamed for the heavy in the dirt and the slope it rides. a hand-built house in the mohave, reset on patient ground.02writingsfield notes, in orderan anti-timeline. entries are endeavors — power, water, the walipini — not dates. read from the beginning.03field guidewhat lives out herebirds, lizards, blooms, and desert finds. public delight; the where stays private.04specsevery system, by handhow the place runs — power, water, structure, climate. specs in the open; the private parts stay private.05askask the housea chat with the homestead. knows the area and a curated set of facts — never the address.