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Mike Mathers

Mike Mathers is an artist and a businessman who built his own home and lives in it.

— From November 1976
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Natural Birth: From Whiskey To Lamaze

It wasn’t long ago when all births were “natural” home deliveries. The birth of a baby was a common family affair attended by husbands and midwives for the most part. It was the exception when a doctor was present.

April 1976
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Frown Strong/A Conversation With Merlin

Book Review

The book demands our perfection. It offers no defense of our present behavior and seems to say that survival is indeed possible without all this aggressive earthly grossness.

March 1976
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Doing It

If you are building your own home and you’ve decided to dig a well for your water supply, I have a bit of advice for you: Get a dowser.

March 1976
The Sun Interview

Thoughts On Community

An Interview With Stephen Gaskin

Each seed, each baby born, each word, each deed, all together now, creating the music of the world.

April 1975
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