I understand, maeve. When we lived out on the WY wee prairie ranch, we had to haul our water from town, about 15 miles out. Quite an adventure in the winter as we had a 225 gal tank on a trailer hauled by our trusty 4WD Subaru. The last year we were there, they were putting in water lines and cut the gas lines, so we had no heat but a cheap woodstove from Monkey Wards. We put it in the kitchen, lined up with the long hall which led past the bathroom, the kids' rooms, past the front door and into our bedroom, farthest from the heat source. We banked it up every night, but by morning, on the WY high plains, it was always really cold and windy. No insulation, cinder block walls and open ceiling boards. We look back and think we must've been crazy, but we were just young and the kids loved it. It was built into the side of a hill with windows all the way round with a flat roof just waiting for a second story or something to be added on. We never could afford it. Last time we were up there, it was the same. I wonder do they make rectangular yurts?**bg**

I love that is a sacred place for you and you've already tried out the acoustics!