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Summer Update – Arcata, CA

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Guisepi

Well, our West Coast Tour has been shaken up a bit. After receiving news of a family emergency, Edna and I cruised on up to Arcata to be with family. This means that we probably wont be making it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arcata, Arcata Plaza, Arts Alive!, Arts Arcata, back highways, bear, CA, community, dumpster, dumpster diving, Eureka, Fairy Festival, Foothills Fusion, Highway 395, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Lake Tahoe, Nevada City Grass Valley, Onus Art Projects, reclaimed, Redding, relationships, salvaged, South Lake Tahoe, spring water, transmission, waste vegetable oil, west coast tour, WVO | Leave a comment

Announcing West Coast Tour – Spring Update – Alabama Hills, CA

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Guisepi

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 | 1 Comment

Winter Update – Writing Retreat! – Blythe, CA

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Guisepi

We made it! To our winter retreat, that is. Edna Lu and I rolled into Blythe, CA just a couple days ago in perfect time to start our winter writing (finishing the Tea Bus Factory Service Manual – hopefully!). We’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Mechanical, News, On the Street | Tagged artwalk, AZ, Beloved Community Tiny House Village, biodiesel, Blythe, breakdown, CA, City of Rocks, CO, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Denver, Denver International Film Festival, Dylan Magaster, First Friday, Friday Friday Artwalk, Gila National Forest, Halloween, homeless, Horizon Middle School, Laura Goldhamer, Longmont, Ludlow Massacre, Manitou Springs, Meow Wolf, NM, Old Colorado City, Phoenix, Quartzsite, Relationship-Based Economy, repair, Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, Santa Fe, Silver City, Skooliepalooza, starter, Tea Bus Factory Service Manual, Thanksgiving, tiny house, Trout Steak Revival, Truth or Consequences, Tucson, WVO, YouTube | 2 Comments

Tour Through The South – Winter Update – Hot Springs, AR

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Guisepi

Whew, what a tour! Edna Lu (the Tea Bus) and I just spent the last 3 months touring The South from West Virginia to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and finally to Arkansas, where we are now. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged adventure therapy, AL, AR, Arts Council, Asheville, Athens, Auburn, Auburn University, Austin, barter, Bernie, bigotry, Black Mountain, Bolldy Sunday, Boone, Brevard, Camp Hill, Charlottesville, Christmas, civil rights, Columbus, Columbus Dispatch, Commercial Dispatch, community cafe, Confederacy, desegregation, DIY, dumpster diving, Edmund Pettus Bridge, F.A.R.M Cafe, Floyd, Foster Well, Front Street Grocers, GA, Greenville, guns, hitch-hike, hot springs, LA, Little Rock, Montana House, Montgomery, MS, nature, nature school, NC, New Orleans, New Years Eve, Newbern, Newspaper, non-calculated exchange, Oconee County, Opelika, Oxford, police, politics, Prattville, rednecks, Relationship-Based Economy, River Arts District, Rosa Parks, Rural Studio, SC, Selma, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, southern hospitality, southern hostility, springs, Standing Rock, Starkville, Starkville Dispatch, sustainanility, sweet tea, The Goat Farm, The Homestead Atlanta, The Orange Peel, The South, The Warhorse Coffee Joint, Thomas, tiny house, traditional human economy, Trails Carolina, Travelers Rest, Trump, Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, VA, waste vegetable oil, West Asheville, wilderness therapy, work-trade, WV, WVO | 1 Comment

Thankful in Floyd, VA

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Guisepi

Every now and then I stumble into a place that I know no one, but get absorbed rather quickly. What I find in there is more community, more sharing, and more genuine human connections than I could hope for. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News | Tagged Arcata, Blue Mountain School, Blue Ridge Parkway, CA, CO, Colorado Springs, community, deer, ecovillage, Farmers' Market, Ferris, Floyd, Floyd Country Store, food bank, Friday Night Jamboree, homestead, Kalispell, Left Bank, MT, Orcas Island, Plenty!, pressure canning, Sharing Economy, Spikenard Bee Sanctuary, Springhouse Community School, Thansgiving, The Honestary, VA, WA, waste vegetable oil, water, WVO | 3 Comments

Mother Earth News Fair and More! – Asheville, NC

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Guisepi

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 | Leave a comment

Spring Update 2016 – Efland, NC

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Guisepi

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 | Leave a comment

Maine to Georgia (or Not!) – Winter Update – Efland, NC

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Guisepi

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 | 2 Comments

International Herb Symposium – Wheaton College – Norton, MA

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Guisepi

What an unusual weekend! Ally, Edna Lu the teabus, and I spent almost a month making our way from Austin to Boston for the International Herb Symposium. The whole trip was interesting because on one hand I had committed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Video | Tagged community building, Free Herbalism Project, herbalism, International Herb Symposium, MA, Mountain Rose Herbs, Norton, Reciprocal Altruism, Rosemary Gladstar, serving tea, tea bus, to-go, United Plant Savers, WVO | 2 Comments

Austin to Boston – The Road, USA

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Guisepi

Traveling far fast is not part of my modus operandi. The longer I stuck around Austin, the less time I knew I had to travel the 2,000+ miles to the Boston area for the International Herb Symposium. Ally, Edna … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged AR, Austin, back highways, back roads, Bloomington, Bloomington Community Farmers' Market, business, community, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, East Otto, Farmers' Market, free, Hollywood Blvd., homeless, hot springs, Hot Springs National Park, IN, Indiana University, International Herb Symposium, Ithaca, Lake Erie, laws, legal, MA, Marshall, Missisippi River, National Park, Norton, NY, OH, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Peninsula, Ranger, Rochester, serving tea, Southborough, spring water, tea party, Tea Witch Tea, The Cosmic Shed, Trail Magic, TX, Unitarian, WVO | 1 Comment