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Two Years Off the Road – San Juan Island, WA
Wow, has it really been that long? Ally says she’s surprised at how well I’ve adapted to a new life that has almost completely altered my identity. Although, it hasn’t been as smooth as she makes it out to be. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Video
Tagged Big Red, Discard-Ware Store, Edna Lu, elders, Friday Harbor, gift economy, gifting, home, homestead, magic, Mentors, reclaimed, salvage, San Juan Island, Sh'Bang, solar, Tea Bus Factory Service Manual, tools, WA
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Announcing West Coast Tour – Spring Update – Alabama Hills, CA
Yes, y’all, you hear correctly! Edna and I will be spending this year serving free tea from San Diego, CA to the San Juan Islands, WA. Our kick off was Edna’s 10-year anniversary in Ocean Beach on the first day … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged AZ, Big Oak Canyon, Blythe, Buccaneer Beach Park, CA, community, Coos Bay, Double-Decker Bus, Dr. Bronner's, Earth Day, EarthRoots Field School, Eugene, Friday Night Festival, Harbor City, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monrovia, Nevada City, New York Times, Oceanside, Olympia, OR, Orange County, Palos Verdes, Portland, Quartzsite, Relationship-Based Economy, relationships, Road Trip, Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, Salvation Mountain, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Islands, Santa Monica, Seattle, Seven, Seven Wanders the World, Silverado Canyon, Skooliepalooza, Slab City, solar, Sonoma, Sprinter Van, Standing Rock, Tea Bus Factory Service Manual, The Brewery, The Ecology Center, Truk, WA, West Coast, Windansea, WVO, Yoga on the Bluff
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Front Street Grocers – Thomas, WV
I warned y’all recently that I was going to start posting more having to do with the other kinds of sharing we practice as we travel. Although serving free tea is one of the main ways I like to … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged alternative energy, Bake Alley, community, food desert, Front Street Grocers, highly-calculated exchange, kombucha, less-calculated exchange, locally-milled wood, money, non-calculated exchange, salvage, salvage woodworking, salvaged, solar, solar power, Thomas, wood-fired oven, WV
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Summer Update – Thomas, WV
Well folks, summer is here, and so are some changes! I’m writing to let you know to expect a few changes in some of the things you see here on freeteaparty.org, as well as on social media. The biggest change … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged 4th of July, alternative energy, creative reuse, DIY, dumpster diving, Edna Lu, food preservation, free tea, Front Street Grocers, Hollywood Blvd., homegrown, local, local food, Maine, money, North Carolina, off-grid, Possessed by Paul James, relationships, salvage, salvage woodworking, security, small-scale, solar, solar power, sustainability, sustainable, SW, Texas, Thomas, WV
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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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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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Autumn Update – Square Pond, ME
Ah, another season is upon us. I can feel the Fall in the air, and I think I’m ready for it. Our summer has been interesting and fun. After arriving New England for the International Herb Symposium in June, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, On the Street
Tagged Alchemy, alternator, apothacary, Appalachian Trail, AR, artwalk, Atlantic Ocean, batteries, bed, Belfast, Blue Hill, Blue Hill Inn, Cape Cod, Chewonki, Common Ground Country Fair, Common Ground Fair, Deer Isle, Down East Maine, Elephant Revival, First Friday Artwalk, GA, Great Norther Sound Society, Homegrown Herb & Tea, Hostel in the Forest, hot springs, Liberty, Liberty Tool, Loose Cannon Jug Band, MA, ME, Mid-Coast Maine, Mountain Rose Herbs, NH, Parsonsfield, Portland, Provincetown, screens, solar, solar batteries, Square Pond, Sugarloaf, The Camp, Tinder Hearth Bakery, transmission, Two Toad Farm, Unity, Willowbrook, window screens, WishGarden Herbs
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Thankful in Terlingua – Big Bend Country, TX
While at Artwalk Alpine, I was convinced not to be scared of Border Patrol checkpoints (think pounds and pounds of green leafy material – i.e. tea), and that Terlingua and Big Bend National Park were both places worth going. … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys, News, Video
Tagged Big Bend, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend State Park, border patrol, Chisos Mountains, desert, ghost town, guns, hot springs, interview, Mexico, military, Pat O'Bryan, recieving, Rio Grande, Santa Elena Canyon, solar, stereotypes, straw bale, Terlingua, Terlingua Ranch, TerlinguaMusic.com, Thanksgiving, Trevor Reichman, TX, video
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