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Economy, or How We Got Here
In a few days we will be visiting the place where Trevor learned to spin, Holden Village, Washington (www.holdenvillage.org). Holden Village is a retreat center in a very remote area of the Cascade Mountains. We moved to Holden in 2008, at the beginning of the recession, with our five-week-old newborn. We had more or less…
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spinning business
Another one of our major projects for the summer: starting a business. As you can see in the picture, Trevor spins wool into yarn, which we hope to start selling by the middle of the summer. The wool he is currently spinning is a chemically died maroon color that he is using as his practice/warm-up…
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Summer projects
My husband and I are venturing on several new projects this summer. I decided it might be a good idea to blog for at least the next three months, as a way of tracking the progress of these projects. Today, we planted a garden. The first one we’ve ever planted together. We did our best…
Angie Gustafson 