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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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Austin to Boston – The Road, USA
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
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The Cosmic Shed – Henderson, TX
“Y’all are getting a real dose of East Texas, with a capital T,” said our host Cindy partway through our stay at the Cosmic shed. Since arriving at the Cosmic Shed, Ally and I had met backwoods rednecks, experienced a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys
Tagged art, East Texas, Henderson, police, salvage, salvaged art, The Cosmic Shed, TX
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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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Texas Tea Festival – Austin, TX
Well, we made history yesterday. No, it wasn’t that we broke any tea serving records, or that we received national attention, but rather that we got a health permit – the first time in our nine years of serving free … Continue reading
Back in the Big Bend – Terlingua, TX
Our trip out west on the train was extended by about 5 days, so we arrived back in Alpine, TX just as an abnormally bad ice storm was easing up. There were downed branches and trees everywhere, power was out … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys, News, Radio
Tagged Alpine, Big Bend, Farmers' Market, Marfa Public Radio, natural building, plumbing, salvage, Terlingua, Terlingua Farmers' Market, TX, WVO
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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
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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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Artwalk Alpine – Alpine, TX
Coming to Alpine for a hardware store run from Marfa, I saw a banner for the annual two-day Artwalk Alpine. It seemed like the perfect time to pass through this small college town of west Texas. I arrived on Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Events, On the Street
Tagged Alpine, Artwalk Alpine, Gift and Take, Marfa, money, train-riders, TX
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Marfa, TX
Wow, time has flown. I was a little stressed from so much movement, tea serving, and some transmission troubles – but we found this little nest to give us some R&R. We arrived Marfa on Halloween afternoon, with only a … Continue reading
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Tagged El Cosmico, Food Shark, He-Who Sip-a-Lot, Marfa, Marfa Farmers' Market, TX, WVO
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