“The first principle of good barn design is flexibility of space.”
Ken Kern American writer
p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)
“John Barnes is incredibly variable. Pete's Rule (Never buy a Barnes with sodomy in it) is a good one but unfortunately the publisher does not put that kind of stuff on the cover.”
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