I just discovered a trove of new photos on their flickr site. Memphis and NOLA are looking pretty cool, and I've heard tell that Jerry and Joyce are having a really good time. It's lucky they can enjoy all that yucky food down there ("pulled pork nachos"?). It would surely be wasted on me.
This photo is from a tour they took of Sun Studios (where Elvis recorded his first song). Apparently it was closed up for decades. Just sealed up and forgotten! What an awesome time capsule.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Jerry and Joyce Roam the South
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Point of Departure
Jerry and Joyce set off for Chicago last Monday on Amtrack. From Chicago down to New Orleans, then up to Washington DC and then back down along the coast to somewhere in North Carolina.
Jerry started a blog to keep us all posted. You can check it out here: http://writingtherails.blogspot.com/
Train in the Distance
Woooooo Wooooooo. Amtrack heading out of Martinez, as seen from the little town of Benecia.
The Before Picture
Krista, Eden and a host of Tumbleweeds set off Friday morning for the Northern California Woman's Herbal Symposium. Last year it rained and rained and was very cold. Brrrrrrr. Better weather this time, so far.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Jerry Gets His Feet Muddy
On Saturday Jerry and I headed over to Peg and Dave's for a cob and plaster party. This was Jerry's first experience actually mixing cob and he was game to try it out before we tackle building a cob oven in his yard.
Peg's soil must by nearly 100% clay! We had to add about 50% sand it was so sticky. With the plaster she had harvested cattails and that was wonderful stuff to work with.
I mixed about ten batches of cob and hand applied quite a bit of cob and plaster. I was a bit sore the next day.
I can so imagine building a large structure and getting in really good shape over a period of four or five months.
On this day we were blessed with perfect weather and the most excellent and fun group of folks to work with.
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