Thanksgiving 2010: Woodstove

One year ago, we bought our house. We finished the second building (office, guest house, etc) and are living in that while we re-do the main house. Today we installed our woodstove in the main house. First steps were building the hearth from slate we found in the yard, and constructing an air tight metal face also from found aluminum sheeting. The stove is the same model we had in our other house. We loved it so much, the moment we saw it on craigslist, we grabbed it.

for the video geeks- this was made on a Panasonic GH-1 with a 20mm pancake lens. i am still learning how to use it and i didn't have my external mic on, so you hear the auto focus a bunch. next time it won't happen, i swear.

Videoblogging Week 2010: Thursday

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everyone in europe who couldn't get on a plane today because of Icelandic volcanic ash should be jealous.

Videoblogging Week 2010: Tuesday

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when you live in a rural place, you drive a lot. it's 7 miles to the nearest town. but it's totally beautiful, so that's ok. the purple flowers on all the trees are my favorite.

Videoblogging Week 2010: Monday

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did some work at the house today. went to a thrift store. typical day. we do a lot of things in one day. i only notice how many when i video and then share.

Videoblogging Week 2010: Sunday

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today was a glorious sunday. we are packing up to move to our new house (this is our old place). lots of work got done, but in such beautiful weather, it doesn't really feel like work. VB week 2010. can't believe it.

House Tour

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Jay and I bought a house. Now the real work begins.

Rural Broadband

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this is my rural broadband story. things i talk about in this video include page county virginia, hughesnet (check out their service plans and bandwidth limits - top tier service which allows a whole 500mb a day for $350 a month, no joke), highspeedLINK (our new local provider who gives us unlimited bandwidth hurray!). if you or someone you know does not have access to broadband, check out WeNeedBroadband.com and sign their list.

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Walnuts

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it's been a while since i've posted. been busy on a bunch of work. including learning how to grow and gather food, as you can see...

Oh Yes We Did

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what an amazing and emotional day november 4th was. i was up at 3:30 am to be a poll worker and went to bed at about 1 am. it was a long day. i wasn't sure i was allowed to record in the polling place, so i didn't get as much footage as i wanted, but hey, we won!

Page County: Yes We Can

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one day to go. this is our little (but kick ass) obama office. yes, yes we can.

I Voted

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this happened a few days ago but still, i am excited! VA for Obama, he's going to take it!

The Grand Tour

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I've been meaning to make this video for weeks. Check out our place and our gardens! If you can't see the QuickTime video, click here for the Flash version. We're gardening using the Grow Biointensive methods we learned in Willits, CA from John Jeavons and Carol Cox. All hand tilled baby. Everything is growing wonderfully.

Virginia: First Month

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it's been about a month since we arrived in virginia. been having trouble picking up my camera as much or editing my own videos. we're offline a lot, so that might have something to do with it... i feel i'm on a roll here though so there is more to come!

Dora and Freddie take me for a walk

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we stopped in virginia before we headed up to new england for a couple weeks. i took jay's dad's dogs for a little walk, or rather they took me...

Richmond

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i went to richmond virginia to visit my friend jason. and this is all i recorded that day. i got a cold that morning, so i felt a little uninspired, as you can tell.

Cheap and Green Insulation: Recycled Paper Cellulose

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i taped this while working in the country on jay's dad's building and decided to turn it into a RyanIsHungry post as well. double post action!

Sun Beams

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ah, the country.

Screaming Silently: The Ranch

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this is a survey for my own personal uses as well as to share the insanity. i'm starting to feel a little crazy looking at the rust colored wall to wall carpet, the textured walls/ceilings and the fake, walnut, wood panels. not sure jay's dad is feeling the 'let's paint this entire house' vibe that we're putting out. he will...oh he will! sigh.

No You Didn't

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jay and i are in the country. rural virginia at his dad's little house on the prairie. the house we're staying was built circa 1978-1982. it got decorated then and stayed that way. we're thinking of maybe spending more time here, living on both coasts. and, as many of you know of me, i need things to be refinished if they are looking shabby. day one- i tackle the tiny details like light switches and outlet covers that are coated in wall paper. oh no you didn't do that! and look what they used to adhere the paper to the plastic! it's like a horror film. tomorrow you get a tour. and my obsessive thoughts on how to improve the space. these things make me feel better about the world.