Monthly Archives: November 2011

Out With the Traditional Modern Kitchen

Posted on November 20, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

Now that I am dismantling the kitchen, I am feeling a qualm that I hadn’t ever expressed appreciation for my cabinets and their sturdy construction. I’ve lived here 31 years and these cabinets have been the set with which I … Continue reading →

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Water Tanks in Maine

Posted on November 11, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

Here’s a slightly edited email I sent to Jeremy Brown, of Hillcrest Masonry, and Albie Barden, of Maine Wood Heat Co; Hello, Gentlemen, Progress of considerable proportions has occurred! Albie’s design is genius – even better than I imagined. So … Continue reading →

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And the Band Played Marching Matilda

Posted on November 11, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

And the Band Played Marching Matilda In honor of all veterans, here is an anti-war song sung with all the bitterness and contempt that war deserves.

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Move Your Money Day

Posted on November 5, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

Invest in your community. Divest from those entities that rob us. Corporations and banks can’t survive unless we give them our money. Where we put our money matters. By investing in our own community, we grow stronger. Slow money is … Continue reading →

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I’m dying of the irony.

Posted on November 4, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

Hardly two inches of snow fell, but enough to knock down branches all over New England and bring down the electric lines, incapacitating my heating oil fueled furnace, cookstove and oven. So, here I am, surrounded by wood fuel, and … Continue reading →

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Splitting Cord Wood

Posted on November 3, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

So here I am with lovely piles of wood that have to be split further in order to dry more quickly and burn more efficiently, and I don’t know the first thing about splitting wood. So I go to the … Continue reading →

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Stacking Cord Wood

Posted on November 2, 2011 by transitionmeadowbrook

I remember watching “The West Wing” during the Bush years, and being bothered that sanity could be found only on TV, while irrational governing was everywhere in real life. But I wasn’t too bothered, because we’d wait for the next … Continue reading →

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