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North American Tea Tour Begins! – Friday Harbor, WA
Yep, it’s really happening – 2 or more years of traveling the land without an itinerary serving free tea and being of service. And it all began today, Spring Equinox, at Brickworks in Friday Harbor, WA. Why a free … Continue reading
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Tagged Ag Guild, Bakery San Juan, Brickworks, Friday Harbor, Isla Botanica, Lopez Island, North American Tea Tour, Northern CA, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, Sweet Earth Farm, tea party, teapotluck, WA, WVO
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Announcing our North American Tour! – North America, Earth
Yes, folks, you read it correctly – we (Edna Lu the tea bus and myself) are starting our BIG journey. Five years ago when I purchased Edna, I knew I had to finish building her and take off on … Continue reading
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Tagged Brickworks, Friday Harbor, North American Tea Tour, serving tea, tea party, teapotluck, WA
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Welcome Home – San Juan Islands, WA
Earlier this month, Edna and I arrived in the land and amongst the community that raised me. With horse trailer (mobile shop/salvaged building material storage) in tow, we boarded the all-so-familiar ferry from Anacortes to Friday Harbor. Ahhh, the well-known … Continue reading
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Tagged Anacortes, Brickworks, Elephant Revival, free tea, Lopez Island, salvage, San Juan Island, tea party, WA
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Leaving Northern CA – Headed to WA
Northern CA has been one of the main home bases for the tea bus for four and a half years. Places like Healdsburg, the East Bay, and Arcata/Eureka have shared in the community of free tea and helped to … Continue reading
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Colorado – First Trip off the West Coast
I think it’s safe to say the Edna’s first voyage off of the west coast was due to love. I fell in love with a woman 6 years ago, and re-fell in love with her over a year ago. She … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, Journeys, Mechanical, News, On the Street
Tagged biodiesel, Bishops Castle, Boulder, bus building, CA, Chadwick Stokes, CO, Denver, Elephant Revival, junkyard, KS, Lyons, mechanical, My-Tea Kind, Nevada City, North American Tea Tour, OK, OR, Pearl St., Salt Lake City, serving tea, Sub Terra, tea party, UT, WA, Wagon Circle, WVO
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Bay Area – Spring!
It had been way too long since Edna and I had spent much time in the Bay Area. Other than one day at Occupy Oakland, it had been over a year, and even then it was a short visit. So … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged Arcata, Bay Area, CA, Eureka, Hollywood, Ithaka, Lake Merritt, Oakland, Occupy, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Stanford, University Ave., West Coast Live
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Blog Issues
Hello All!! I just wanted to apologize for the blog issues (lack of formatting/menus/pictures/etc). I am on the path to getting it all fixed. No photos back on here yet, but the blog is navigable. I should have it all … Continue reading
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Little Cod Wood Stove – Bus Building
WARNING: This entry may be boring except for those of you nerdy enough to be curious about my experiences obtaining, installing, and using my Little Cod wood stove (made by Navigator Stove Works on Orcas Island, WA). Just in time … Continue reading
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Tagged CA, Coos Bay, denatured alcohol, Eureka, fire, firewood, fridge, Little Cod, Navigator Stove, OR, Orcas Island, sink, WA, wabi sabi, water heater, Webasto, wood stove
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10,000 Cups of Free Tea
A year and a half ago I hosted a tea party that I talked up as the party where I’d serve my 5,000th cuppa free tea. It was a grand celebration, with many folks in attendance, most of whom were … Continue reading