TOURING THE BAY AREA WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS January 30, 2009 OUR TOUR GUIDE Father/brother Joe picked us up at the airport and took us for the scenic tour across San Francisco. He pointed out interesting landmarks, like the building he and brother Jim used to live in and the Jesuit conglomerate, above. THE GOLDEN […]
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FUN WITH FUNGI January 21 and 27, 2009 OYSTER MUSHROOM PROPAGATION Tim and Bob have been planning their mushroom and tempeh businesses for a couple of months. Now they are in the lab stage of their project. Tim brought some equipment over to Camelina and sterilized three jars of agar. While the agar the pressure
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS December, 2008 – Issue #91 WINTER IS UPON US We do our best to make the short, cold days of winter cheery. The birds and squirrels don’t seem to mind. To be fair, there were some pretty warm days in December and we spent a part of most every day outside. But
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CHRISTMAS WEEK, 2008 Good Friends, Good Food FIRST STOP, PUGSVILLE Michelle and Tim are so happy to have found Amy and Ginger. They had long wanted pugs and happily adopted the pair. Tim and Bob meet every other week to work on business planning involving mushroom growing and tempeh making. On Christmas week, Michelle and
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A TRIBUTE TO MARK December 28, 2008 Published in the New York Times on 12/21/2008: ESTILL Mark. On Tuesday, December 16th, 2008, the world lost an incredible man in Mark Thomas Estill, 54. His new rock star wife, Beth, held his hand and his gaze in his house in Moncure, North Carolina as he passed
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS November, 2008 – Issue #90 A WEEKEND OF MINDFULNESS This month, we had an opportunity to reach beyond the comfort of our community and spend a weekend with a group of writers and activists from the south. It was time well spent. We we traded lots of ideas with like-minded people concerned
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OUR LAST DAYS AT QUIET MEADOW FARM November 16, 2008 A PRETTY PLACE For nearly a year we have been cleaning stalls at Quiet Meadow Farms on weekend mornings. Over that period, we’ve gotten busier during the week and this month we gave our notice so we could spend our weekends at home. It
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Orion Grassroots Network Southeast Regional Conference Columbia, North Carolina November 7 – 9, 2008 A MELDING OF MINDS A group of Southern writers and activists concerned with preserving wetlands, forests and wildlife gathered on this weekend to share ideas. Bob, Lyle, Matt and Jan DeBlieu walk the long way around to breakfast with their binoculars
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HALLOWEEN October 31, 2008 IT ALL STARTED OUT FRIGHTENINGLY NORMAL Amanda and Jill were doing their normal thing over at WDL while Kim industriously planted shade tree seedlings in the parking lot at the Plant. AND THEN THE CLUES BEGAN ROLLING IN Moya certainly looked like her normal self, albeit a little cleaner than usual, but
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS October, 2008 – Issue #89 HALLOWEEN 1993 – COLORADO 15 YEARS AGO Emily was six and Amy four when we took this photo. NOT LITTLE GIRLS ANYMORE They’re all grown up, working and going to college, and even more beautiful than ever. CAUSE TO CELEBRATE Bob and Emily have long planned to
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