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If you're going to build a cob oven, everyone's going to have to get dirty...even the youngins.

Cob Oven Building - Final Day

"I can see my path, but I don't know where it leads.  Not knowing where I'm going inspires me to travel it.

- Rosalia de Castro

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Since we can't predict or control the future, all we can do is live in the moment.  We all set paths for ourselves, but I imagine we rarely end up at the destination originally planned, or at least we rarely take a straight line to get there.  If you asked me a year ago, if I expected to assist in the building of a cob oven, I would have asked you "what's a cob oven, who are you and how did you get into my home?"  The picture above displays Evan's original oven design and the picture below is the beauty that resulted.  Although these metaphors may be a stretch in this instance, I believe that projects and life are about the journey and not about the end result.  Perceptions change, circumstances change, desires change and the excitement of that uncertainty jolts me to take a step forward.

If you want to follow the...

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He's not building legos...

A Weekend with the Seaweed Man Part 2

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With day 1 behind us, day 2 started bright and early.  Unfortunately, the extremely windy weather prevented us from getting out on the ocean.  We were upset we wouldn't be able to see the seaweed operation in action, but then again, what would we have to look forward to for next time?  Larch decided it was time...

A Weekend with The Seaweed Man Part 1

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At 12:45am last Friday, this cool picture of John Lennon and a horrible sounding ringtone woke me up.  You know, that terrible sound you hear every morning that makes you want to not only physically break your phone, but emotionally break its spirit too?  Then you realize how much of a pain it will be to walk into Verizon and replace it...that familiar sound.  So after 15 grueling minutes convincing myself that if I sleep through the alarm, I will have taught that obnoxious sound a lesson and another 13 calling Matt, we finally got our things together and set sail for Maine.  We were off to...

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Here's a beautiful picture from our good friend Larch "The Seaweed Man" Hanson's home in Maine.  Larch was kind enough to let us come up for a weekend and help build a greenhouse and bring in the boats now that the seaweed harvest was done for the year.  More on our trip up to the seaweed "farm" on the way...

Inside the Cob Oven: A Look Inside the Cob Oven

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Alright clay snowman-looking thing, don't look so excited, we're not done yet but I love the enthusiasm.  It's back to the cob oven and although we weren't able to...

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Am I the only one who pictures a really cool musician coming over, sitting on the stool and playing the hell out of that squash?

Honey Bear Acorn Squash and the Toasted Seeds

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This was a week full of good food from the seaweed soup to the winter squash, which were finally ready to devour.  The Captain explained that the orange tint on the outside of this Honey Bear acorn squash was a sign it was ripe.  Here's a simple way to...