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Oilseed

MISSING LINK

Our new best friend Link was not around yesterday and we missed him. We spent a good deal of time with him Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but not Monday. Funny how you don’t miss someone until they are – well, missing. Ten years ago, we knew something was missing in our lives and set […]

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Oilseed

A VERY WARM WELCOME

We arrived in Pittsboro, North Carolina six days ago and moved into one of a few houses at Oilseed Community in nearby Moncure with a nice group of people and an energetic dog. Pittsboro is a small town with a population of less than 3,000 and a well developed network of farmers, engineers, teachers, students, […]

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The USA

GREAT WHITE UTOPIA

One of the highlights of our road trip through the south was to be a visit to Seaside, Florida, one of the first examples of New Urbanism. Planned by Miami architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Seaside was to be a recreation of the traditional main street town. After reading several of James Howard Kunstler’s […]

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Environment

SHIFTING GEARS

The best thing we’ve seen over the past three days on the road is several loads of giant windmill parts cruising down the highway. Christine, our five speed Ford Escort is in fine form, getting 40 miles per gallon on the highway as we speed towards our new life in Pittsboro, North Carolina. A life […]

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Travel

ALL SAINTS DAY

When I woke up this morning, I knew I wasn’t in Denton anymore because I couldn’t hear any barking dogs. We were in a room a short walk from the French Quarter. This was my first trip to New Orleans. I haven’t seen so many people hanging out in the streets since we left Nicaragua. […]