Said it before and I’ll say it again – I love what Editor Alexandra Vardalis does with our work!
Check out the gorgeous job she did with our Chicken Paillard piece; it does our hearts good!
Category: Y’all Share!
From CSAs, to community outreach, to great things from other folks…
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
Whatever holidays you celebrate, (or chose to not), M and I wish you all days of peace, and of course, great food enjoyed with those you love.
It’s been a wonderful year of amazing growth and challenge; we’re thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to share the ride with you.
E & M
Andrew Lovejoy
Happens to be my Nephew, but more importantly, he’s an incredibly talented singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Andrew has built a fan page on Facebook. Head on over there and check out his work; once you hear and see, you’ll be on board, guaranteed.
He also has a Kickstarter campaign up and running, raising funds to record his first album, and frankly, we can’t wait! Jump on board that too – Five bucks to Andrew will go a bunch farther than a latte, so invest and then enjoy your patronage!
Bellinghamsters, Let’s Do This!
Read on, and if you’re a Whatcom County resident, let’s light this candle, big time!
‘My Facebook friends, We the Operators of the Whatcom Transportation Authority have a ring-side seat to a world of social hurt that has torn so many people down to struggles of personal survival. We see so many Armed Service veterans that have been left to their own devices to deal with crushing issues as a result of what the system demanded from them, and then left them to cope without assistance or resources; and they sleep under our bridges and self medicate without hope. We see so many just average people that for whom the American Dream has turned its’ back on as it has been redefined in the era of globalization and the American race to the bottom. We see families living in their cars on side streets, and they don’t look so very much different than you or I. There but for the grace of God go you or I. I see men that I have known for years; knew where they used to work — saw them ride the bus to the park on the weekend with a young family in tow, and now I see them with a back-pack between their knees on Holly Street at 7:00 in the morning. It is haunting to see it all this up close and very personal. And the weather has turned and winter is fast approaching and the misery in the rear-view mirror is about to be magnified by powers of ten.
We, the men and women of ATU Local 843 will make a gesture in response to the spirit of the holiday season and the onset of bad weather with practical assistance in it’s most basic form. We are raising a cache of warming clothes that we will deliver to the Opportunity Council for distribution. We are looking for warm clean socks, gloves, hats, coats, <<<<SLEEPING BAGS>>>>, blankets and like items, preferably not size specific. But we are just 190 folks and the need outnumbers us by powers of 10’s.
So I am throwing it out there —- we cannot accept cash, but if you feel moved to help us with this with warm socks, or a pair or gloves or whatever, you can just give it to a bus driver, and they will route it to me, and I will see it gets to where it is needed.
I look forward to a better and more prosperous America, but we all do what we can where we live. Thank you, and Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Kwanza or whatever. The need respects no boundary’s of race, creed, or gender, and we all could use all the help we can get. Mark Lowry’
It’s a lovely, heartfelt gesture; we’re in!
Check Out Kevin’s Place
When I cook, often as not, there’s music playing. When I reach for a guitar to play along, it’s a good chance it’ll be a guitar I made, and if not, one I’ve modified to my liking. Lutherie is a lot like cooking, actually – there’s an artistic and a science side, and while most luthiers lean one way or the other, there’s always a balance struck.
I’ll go a step further and say that the best builders I know are or were all repair folks at one time – For a long and detailed enough stretch to know guitars inside and out.
Kevin Chubbuck, back in my home Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is one of my fave builders and repair guys. His shop is a hive of activity, but he always finds a way to smell the roses, even on the busiest of days. And perhaps most importantly, he’s as passionate about sharing the art and science as he is about doing it.
Check out this video from Kev’s shop – perfect example of what I’m talking about – and if that floats your boat, subscribe to his stuff and learn something new, see something cool, and hear great sounds.
Green Gardening with Ann Lovejoy
Green Gardening with Ann Lovejoy – If you’re not following her already, ya aughta!
Award winning Northwest gardening author Ann Lovejoy, (AKA, my Big Sis), writes a wonderful and highly useful blog, hosted over at our friend Alice Doyle’s Loghouse Plants website. It’s a regular delight, full of sage gardening advice and fabulous recipes, with emphasis on vegetarian fare, growing your own, and local sourcing.
Check it out here, and subscribe by email so you never miss a post.
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