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Steeped Leaves and Elephants – Northern CA Coast
This past week, Edna Lu the tea bus caravaned with Ivan Dured, the late great space-shuttle/tour-bus of the Colorado-based band, Elephant Revival. For six days we traveled from show to show, down the coast, over hills, and over bridges. On … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcata, Bay Area, Berkeley, CA, CO, Common Vision, Edna, Elephant Revival, Free Peoples, Ivan Dured, Lavender Tea, Santa Cruz, Sebastopol, serving tea, tea party, Telluride, The Steeping Leaf
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Springtime Tea Party with Common Vision
On Sunday March 20th, the third anniversary of when I first bought Edna, it had just been the longest I’d been apart from her since we met. I know it seems kind of funny for me to make such a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News
Tagged birthday, CA, Common Vision, community, Edna, freedom, Fruit Tree Tour, serving tea, tea party, WVO
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Spring Break with Common Vision
As many of you know, I am taking some time away from Edna to be with some other buses. However, during this time Edna will be celebrating her 3rd rebirthday (she’s 22 years old in total, which is 44 in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News
Tagged Awaketrain, CA, Common Vision, Edna, Fruit Tree TV, host, serving tea, Springtime, tea party, WVO
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Five Years of Free Tea – Eureka, CA
Can it be that long already? Oh how (tea)time flies. As I sat in the bus while prepping to serve tea in Arcata on New Years Eve, I reflected on the past five years while writing in the 2010 guest … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, On the Street
Tagged Arcata, CA, Eureka, guest book, Hollywood, homeless, New Years, tea masters
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Computer Problems/New Blog
I just want y’all to know that the reason there aren’t any new blog posts is that my computer crashed recently and I lost several blog entries. I am working on creating this new WordPress blog, which should be easier … Continue reading
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STEM – Our New Shop – Orcas Island, WA
Finally we’re here! My friend Matthew has offered up part of his shop here on Orcas Island. The plan is to get as much done on Edna as humanly possible in the next few months. The interior remodel is to … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, News
Tagged Orcas Island, recycle, remodel, salvage, San Juan Islands, solar, Stem, WA, wood stove, WVO
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Edna Gets Painted! – Cloverdale, CA
Oh man, it was a long time coming. I got pulled over in Ojai a little over a year ago after I was visiting Zhena’s Gypsy Tea headquarters. The officer told me that it was illegal to have a “school … Continue reading
Working on Edna – Healdburg, CA
Throughout the Spring and Summer, I have been taking time amongst all the travel and tea serving to make some major improvements to Edna. One of the major things was taking out all of the interior sheet metal panels, tearing … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, News
Tagged biodiesel, CA, ceiling, cotton insulation, Edna, Healdsburg, LEDs, Organic Grace, paint, shop, skylight
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Tea Bus Breakdown – Garberville, CA
The first long distance ride I ever took without packing my bus full of ridesharers I broke down. A month earlier I had put five people, two bikes, and a bunch of gear in the bus for a trip from … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged biodiesel, breakdown, CA, Garberville, rideshare, tea party
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