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Coffer traded his condo for a log cabin decades ago, and he hasn’t looked back
Twenty-five years ago, John Coffer gave up his condominium and sports car in Florida for a home-made log cabin in upstate New York. ‘Life ain’t perfect’ he says, ‘and neither is my cabin.’ But the life of a 19th-century homesteader turns out to blend with laptops, solar cells and wind generators pretty well.
Directors: Ben Wu, David Usui
Website: Lost and Found Films
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Rituals and celebrations
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Politics and government
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Love and friendship
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Metaphysics
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Biography and memoir
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The ancient world
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Engineering
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Architecture
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