I was putting the last helmet away after teaching my morning riding lessons when Bob arrived to pick me up in a white station wagon. “Who’s car are you driving?” I asked and he answered, “It might be ours.” I blanched. Just what we need, another expense, I thought. We were about to turn our […]
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“Oilseed” becomes “Haybale”, or…
…”Hayseed”. There I said it. Many of us “Oilseeders” have been musing lately about the past (and future) of Oilseed Community. The original order with the cosmic waiter, as I understand it, was for our small community of three houses to demonstrate the feasibility of growing an oilseed crop as an accoutrement to country living […]
DON’T THROW UP ON THE BUS
“Is this for real?” I wondered when I first saw the contract for the bus tour. The contractor was Das Frachtgut which seemed like an odd name for a tour company but what really caught my eye was the vomit clause. We owed them $500 for the two hour bus tour but it would cost […]
BIODIESEL SHOOTERS
Here’s what kind of fun we were up to this weekend: watching Frankie Abralind making Biodiesel Shooters at the Atomic Ranch House in Olympia Washington. Who but a Mad Genius, indeed!