CLEAN TECH GOES TO POGOIL August 13, 2008 POGO LAND We’ve beenwanting to see where Frankie works and this is it – a sprawling tree removal service turned compost producer known as Pogo Organics. On the way in, we drove past barns full of old hay, presumably for making compost and some horses. And this […]
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FRANKIE AND JESSICA’S DC WORLD May 24, 2008 THE ABRALINDS LIVE HERE Frankie Abralind, Editor of Biodiesel Smarter and his wife, Jessica live in Washington DC. They put us up for the night in their cozy apartment within walking distance to the bus, the subway and an ice cream shop where we had dessert after
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SHENANDOAH Visiting the Armentrouts May 26, 2008 TICKY, BABE, AND BOB While we were visiting Mark (also known as Babe) and Catherine of Armentrout Path, Mark’s older brother Ticky stopped by. Mark is 85 years old and his brother is 93, all told, 227 years of Arm(a)(e)ntrouts! Commissioner candidate, Lyle M Armentrout, is also
THE CHRONIC TINKERER A tour of a farm where the farmer grows oilseeds to fuel his equipment May 26, 2008 “Fuelfarmer” is the online identity for a man who farms in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Here he stops his pickup at an overlook of his canola field, while recounting the history of this
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WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA – A Side Trip Winchester is just up the street from Keezletown and Harrisonburg, and since it is the birthplace of Joe Bageant, champion of the working class and one of our favorite authors, we decided to stop in for a stroll and a couple of pints. May 25, 2008 PICTURESQUE IN A
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THE HOME PLACE Keeping the memories alive May 23, 2008 DOORWAYS AND WINDOWS TO THE PAST Camille felt a bit like Alice in Wonderland, returning to this house after the death of her Nana nineteen years ago. Amazingly, the front door still looked the same, as did the view out the bathroom window.
THE PENNSYLVANIANS In which Bob, Camille and Joe spend a few days visiting family in Pennsylvania. May 19 – 22, 2008 FIRST STOP, MOM’S ROOM We all smiled nice for the camera and Father/brother Joe posed beside his portrait. The last time we saw Mom, she was in a nursing home, wearing a
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VISITING THE NEW JERSEY SIDE OF THE FAMILY May 23, 2008 HADDONFIELD Joe tries out Jim’s bike and Camille plays around in their lavender kitchen. AUNT KATHY’S PLACE Our first stop was Aunt Kathy’s. She has lived here, next door to where Nana lived ever since marrying Uncle Frank, Camille’s father’s brother.
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NED’S NEIGBORHOOD In which Ned shares his home, family and neighborhood May 17-18, 2008 ENJOYING NED’S BACK YARD It was a perfect day to enjoy the expansive lawn behind Ned’s house. Bob and Ned fetched a ping pong table and set it up and Camille threw together some food. Ned’s son Grant dropped by
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BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON STATE November 16 through 22, 2007 A HOUSE WITH MANY VIEWS This is the view outside our bedroom window at the Atomic Ranch House in Olympia, ashington, which is where we stayed for three nights with Frankie. Bob and Frankie were in town to attend a Mushroom Cultivation Seminar and Camille was along
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