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Transmission Mission – Mooresville, NC (NASCAR Country)
Wow, I am stunned… About 2 weeks ago, as we were driving from Asheville to Hot Springs, NC Edna’s transmission gave out. She wouldn’t move forward nor backward… nothing. We were on the side of the road all day, at … Continue reading
Posted in Mechanical, News
Tagged AAA, Asheville, breakdown, community, Efland, hot springs, money, Mooresville, NC, transmission
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Mother Earth News Fair and More! – Asheville, NC
About 5 years ago Mother Earth News wrote an online article about the Free Tea Bus entitled “Free Tea Parties Build Strong Communities.” It was well received and I was happy to have caught the eyes of such a publication. … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged alternative economics, Asheville, Bee Charmer, biodiesel, biofuels, community, Efland, Food is Free, Food is Free Project, free tea, International Herb Symposium, Mother Earth News, Mother Earth News Fair, Mountain Rose Herbs, NC, Rosemary Gladstar, serving tea, sharing, solar, Tea is Free, Texas Tea Festival, tiny house, WVO
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Spring Update 2016 – Efland, NC
Ah, with the new growth of spring comes another year of Edna and my 2+ Year North American Tour. Eight years ago today, I purchased Edna, knowing she would be built out into a mobile free teahouse, and eventually travel … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, Events, News, On the Street
Tagged artwalk, Asheville, biodiesel, Bonlee, Bus Projects, CA, Carolina Friends School, Carrboro, deconstruction, DIY, donors, Durham, Edna, Edna Lu, Edna's Birthday, Efland, electrical, Factory Service Manual, Fireside Farm, free, Global Tea Hut, heat exchanger, Hillsboro, interdependence, ME, money, Mother Earth News Fair, NC, North American Tea Tour, North American Tour, permaculture, Pollinator Handmade, polymerization, Racor, Really Really Free Market, ReUse Warehouse, salvaged, serving tea, sharing, skylight, solar, Southern CA, stickers, TBFSM, Tea Bus Factory Service Manual, tea party, teaching, Third Friday, Thomas, TX, Webasto, White Deer Apothacary, work, WV, WVO
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10 Years of Free Tea – Durham, NC
10 years ago, I was lonely. I was living in my pickup truck and working 50-60+ hours a week in front of a computer as a video editor in Hollywood. When we finished the rough cut of the documentary, my … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged CA, community, diversity, Durham, genuine human interactions, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., LA, loneliness, Los Angeles, NC, Seattle, WA
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Maine to Georgia (or Not!) – Winter Update – Efland, NC
More than a month and a half ago, Ally, Edna Lu The Teabus and I left Maine on a long journey south to potentially spend the winter in Georgia. I had decided that after years of pushing off “wintrospection,” that … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged Acorn Commune, Appalachian Trail, Asi Yaupon Tea, Bethany, BMAD, Brunswick, Carolina Friends School, Chapel Hill, Charlestown, Clark Park, commune, CT, Dover, Dr. Bronner's, Durham, Ed Hose, Edna, Efland, Enbi Studio, farm to table, Fireside Farm, Friends School, GA, gift economy, Gopi Kallayil, Harper's Ferry, Herb Rally, Homeland Security, Hostel in the Forest, MA, ME, Meadowburn Farm, Middleburg, Mineral, Mountain Rose Herbs, Mr. Tinker, NC, New York City, New York Times, NH, NJ, non-calculated exchange, NY, NYC, Out on a Whim Farm, PA, Philadelphia, Philly, plumbing, Quaker, Raleigh, Reciprocal Altruism, Savannah, SC, Sleeping Giant, solar, solar panel, Solstice, southern hospitality, Thanksgiving, The Farmer and The Larder, traditional human economy, US Marshall, VA, Warrenton, waste vegetable oil, WishGarden Herbs, WV, WVO, Yaupon
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