Midnight in the Desert

October 25, 2018

...ommercial break on Water’s first appearance on Coast to Coast, listeners started searching the area around Ellensberg on an early internet satellite service called Terraserver. Mysteriously, Water’s property seemed to have been blacked out. Bell later claimed to have heard of military activity around Ellensberg. After his last appearance in December of 2002, claiming to have found another hole in Nevada, Waters disappeared never to be heard from a...

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Soil Positive or just Soil Curious? Join Nancy Klehm For a Workshop on Soils

Mrs. Homegrown

January 11, 2016

Events

...Contemporary Art, Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal), The Graham Foundation, Archeworks, MICA, U of Cincinnati, University of Illinois at Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Dartington College of Arts (UK), Jutland Kunstakademi (Arhus, DK), Machine Project (LA), City Repair (Portland) and a multitude of community groups....

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Street Signs and Solar Ovens

Mr. Homegrown

October 29, 2006

Design, Solar

...t of a discarded pizza box. Other highlights include a functioning still by Alison Wiese, the stunning knitted clothing of Lisa Auerbach, items from the Path to Freedom urban homestead and contributions from the fine folks at C.I.C.L.E. So, get on your bike, head down to the Craft and Folk Art Museum, and see this provocative show! Craft and Folk Art Museum Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11am – 5pm Thursday 11am – 7pm Saturday-Sunday 12pm – 6pm...

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The Gathering Storm

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2025

Thoughtstylings

3 Comments

...00 rare books, gone. To have walked around just last weekend to go to that art opening, shop at a nursery and visit the Christmas Tree Lane model railroad with some friends and then see many of these places vanish off the map just days later is unthinkable. https://youtu.be/RaCmW5u5RqY?si=iDbtu2qjb6_Es_Th If you had told me that the upper parts of Altadena, that border the vast Angeles Forest, suffered damage I’d be saddened but not surprised. But...

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Book Review: The Blood of the Earth: An Essay on Magic and Peak Oil

Mrs. Homegrown

October 31, 2012

Reviews

5 Comments

...you can take now. I’m sharing these because I think they show how down-to-earth and practical his thinking is, and how it will appeal to Root Simple readers. Greer explores these ideas in more depth, but I think you’ll get the picture: Learn One Thing: Learn a practical skill, so that you have something trade in a barter economy. Give Up One Thing: Choose one material possession that you believe you depend on, and that you also know is quite depen...

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