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Cricket Bread – Trace Ramsey
What is Cricket Bread?
Bread made from crickets is a survival food in many places, a staple in others and a disgusting concoction in the "civilized" world. The discussion presented here details how I jump in between each of those cultures, destroying certain pieces as needed.
This is also a discussion about starting a farm, the do-it-yourself lifestyle, being an anarchist and how the interactions I engage in promote community, friendship and mutual aid.
I am a small drip of New Blood in the Old Body...
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Category Archives: house
The urban wheelbarrow
So here we are here, back to the city, back to the highway noise and police sirens and curbside trash pickup. What do we do now? For starters, how about dig up a piece of the yard for the new … Continue reading
Posted in Durham, food sources, house
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Enough of that crap; let’s make biscuits
One of the best things about moving to Durham has been living in a house with an awesome stove. It is a 1950s era General Electric push button electric with a double oven. I had never even seen a double … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, house, recipes
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Demolition
After the flu knocked me down around New Year’s, I spent a bit of time knocking around in the old bathroom of the house. I took out the fixtures, the drywall, some of the other crap. Kristin joined in a … Continue reading
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Do your dirty work
Progress on the house continues to move in the deconstruction phase. The roof is off of the two story, stacks of de-nailed wood grow larger and there is a sense that the demolition will take just a few more weeks. … Continue reading
Posted in homework, house
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Homework
A bit more than two years after moving to the land, Kristin and I have finally started the work to build a permanent home. What was once a plan for a totally new home in a different spot became a … Continue reading
Posted in circle acres, homework, house
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Villagize
I am not sure that “villagize” is an actual word, but I am going to use it anyway. I don’t know of another way to describe what has been happening out at Circle Acres over the last few months. New … Continue reading
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Wood stove season
A small wood stove is our heat source for our horribly cold room. There are drafts, holes and absolutely no insulation. It is drywall, studs and then exterior brick. Nothing to hold the heat in or keep the cold out. … Continue reading
Posted in circle acres, house
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House repairs and marking territory
Trying to stop leaks on an old rotted house is an interesting process. Figuring out where to start is also interesting in that I don’t really have much experience doing shingle roof repair. I worked for a year doing tear-offs … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, circle acres, house
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