Archive for January, 2009

ACORN PLANS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE - ABC2 News

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

“We are not going to move”. That’s what Baltimore homeowner Larry Beverly told a church filled with ACORN members. Beverly is facing an eviction notice next month and says he plans to homestead rather than leave. It’s the latest strategy from ACORN …

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Students create hands-on lesson - Pekin Daily Times

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Students create hands-on lesson
Pekin Daily Times, IL - 1 hour ago
Teachers, students and parents have begun work building a “log” cabin made of a more modern tree-based material — cardboard. The walls of a prototype cabin

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GreenTalk Radio: The Urban Homesteading Path to Freedom with Jules … - Sustainablog

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
GreenTalk Radio: The Urban Homesteading Path to Freedom with Jules
Sustainablog - 1 hour ago
Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family operated, viable urban homesteading project established to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and

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In the Shop - Grit Magazine

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Grit Magazine
In the Shop
Grit Magazine - 1 hour ago
As busy and full as this life is, it’s the only one that makes sense to us now. Read more about our early adventures in homesteading at Rowangarth Farm.

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February events at the Albion District Library Children’s Room - Battle Creek Enquirer

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
February events at the Albion District Library Children’s Room
Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - 17 minutes ago
He was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, yet he was able to read and study and to grow up to be a powerful president.

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FROM CENTERSTAGE.COM - Chicago Sun-Times

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
FROM CENTERSTAGE.COM
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours ago
Lounge in a log cabin or jump back in time to the late 19th century at the Sherwood Forest Bed and Breakfast. Warm your body by the fireplace,

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Newspaper war rages in small Kan. town - First Amendment Center

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

LIBERAL, Kan. — When Earl Watt quit his job last year as publisher of the town’s 121-year-old newspaper, he went from being its valued employee to its biggest nemesis, turning this southwest Kansas community into one of the nation’s most unlikely …

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Taylor writes book on Lincoln lessons - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Taylor writes book on Lincoln lessons
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - 1 hour ago
It features the traditional stories such as Lincoln’s log cabin origins, but he’s also included such things as an activity on the Union army stealing a

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Point/Counterpoint: Super Bowl memories - Shelby Star

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Point/Counterpoint: Super Bowl memories
Shelby Star, NC - 7 hours ago
A man dressed up in an animal costume appears out of nowhere at a barbecue near a log cabin in the woods and starts eating anything made of wood: a tree,

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Newspaper war rages in small Kan. town - MSNBC

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Newspaper war rages in small Kan. town
MSNBC - 10 hours ago
The paper traces its beginnings to 1886, when its predecessor was established by a couple of homesteading brothers from Missouri.

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