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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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Austin Tea Parties – Austin, TX
Ahhhh, a great little break for the tea bus. Edna (the tea bus) and I had been on the road, serving tea, and working pretty hard for the previous five month, and Austin offered us a place to decompress, do … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, Events, Mechanical, News, On the Street, Video
Tagged Austin, Blanco, Butch Hancock, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, deconstruction, Eco-Wise, Edna, Edna Lu, Edna's Birthday, Eyeore's Birthday, First Thursday, GayBiGayGay, Grace, HelpX, Honk Fest, Honk!TX, Hope Outdoor Gallery, Katherine Anne Porter School, Music on Main, North American Tour, Round Rock, salvage, San Marcos, Shady Acres, So Han, South Congress, Spider House, Stick Farm, Strange Brew, Taylor, Tea Map, Texas Tea Festival, Texas Wild Rice Festival, The Shady Shack, The Tea Spot, transmission, TX, West China Tea Company, Wimberley, WOOF, work-trade, WVO
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Spring Update – Austin, TX
Hello, friends and family! Two years ago on March 20th, Edna Lu (the tea bus) and I started a 2+ year North American Tour. This tour was imagined as a journey around the continent with no itinerary, allowing us to … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, Video
Tagged Alpine, Austin, AZ, CA, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Edna, La Loma del Chivo, Langtry, Marathon, NM, North American Tea Tour, North American Tour, NV, OR, TX, video, WA
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Free Tea Bus Interview – Palo Alto, CA
What a better way to bring in the new year than with a fun little video. Shot and edited by a Stanford University woman named Rosie Cima, who I met in early 2012 in Palo Alto. It’s fun!
Posted in Video
Tagged CA, Edna, Healdsburg, history, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., Palo Alto, serving tea, video
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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
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
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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Bus Tow Bus
I just refound this old video of when Edna broke down shortly after I first bought her. I hope you enjoy!
Posted in On the Street, Video
Tagged Brave New Bus, breakdown, CA, Edna, Los Angeles
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