July 2012
18 posts
The Napa Valley of Oysters
In the last couple of years during my family visits along the Chesapeake I’ve bumped into Rappahannock River Oysterson more than a couple of menus. Not being very educated, I wondered aloud about Virginia’s oyster provenance. Ever the oyster fiend, I… View Post shared via WordPress.com
The First 70
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, there’s something precious that you love that you wish other people would just leave it the hell alone. But they won’t leave it alone. They want to kill it, defund it, bulldoze it, develop it, sell it off, or just… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Film CRAFT XIII
Don Ville “On my business card it says that I’m a shoemaker.”
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Croft Craft Custom Boats “I just love to fish browns at night, but I needed a boat to do that.”[youtube=http://www.youtube.com… View Post shared via WordPress.com
For Those Who Know...
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Wangari Gardens
As my readers may know, I’m moving to Washington, DC in just two weeks. I’ve renovated the links list and now you’ll find a “life in the District” category and a few DC-area blogs. I won’t lie, I’m nervous. But that’s because I’ve been spoiled by… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Snakehead Tastes Like...
Jackson Landers is hard at work wrapping his new book on invasive species in America, Eating Aliens, and dropped in on NYC to talk snakeheads at an invasive species dinner. I’ve mentioned before my goal to catch a snakehead on a fly after I move down to… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Film CRAFT XII
General Knot “The handmade tie will always outlive the mass made one.”
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SchoolHouse Electric & Supply Co “We were looking at it from a micro-manufacturing way.”
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How to Tie an Isonychia Emerger“I… View Post shared via WordPress.com
