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Carsie Blanton

Carsie is a singer/songwriter who used to live here in Eugene. She’s moved east and seems to tour back that way. I used to love seeing her play, and would love to see a return for a West Coast mini tour. Click the button to invite Carsie back to the left coast to show us her chops.

Upcoming Events by Eventful

Spending the afternoon…

Spending the afternoon at the Sacred Heart Riverbend Hospital, it’s quite beautiful and well put together, I am impressed. listen

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What I’m Up To

It’s been crazy busy lately, getting used to the new job (I’m a Case Manager), getting the harvest in, and cleaning up the house a little. Bit by bit this place is becoming the place I want to live forever. We’ll get there yet.

Tonight I’m going to the Jackalope to see my brother in law Layne play drums with Brett Estep . If you’re not doing anything else, come check it out.

In the meantime, check out the wicked feature I just added; a box in the sidebar that tells you what music I’m listening to on iTunes. Now, even when I’m neglecting the blog in terms of posting items, you can at least see what I’m up to musically. Disclaimer; there is no accounting for taste.

I am sitting in the…

I am sitting in the park at the corner of Oak and Park Street and enjoying an beautiful day and eating an avocado, which is really lovely and I wanted to share it with you. listen

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At Oregon Country Fair site…

At the Oregon Country Fair site today, working on setting the community village up. Its beautiful although hot and if you are going to be in the neighborhood, come and see me. listen

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This is my second try,…

This is my second try, I’m trying to come up with the right word here, phoning in the blog post with the jott system. It’s an interesting system, I make a phone call and what I say into the phone presumably, becomes a post on the blog. Right now I’m walking towards the bus on a beautiful Friday afternoon in Eugene(?), 85 degrees out, the Olympic trials are just beginning around town and there are people from all over the country who are ….. just getting settled. In all, it’s a lovely day.listen

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I’m now testing the…

I’m now testing the Jott system, by which I blog by voice. listen

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Glen’s Best Bitter

I haven’t been as consistent as I’d like to be in keeping up with homebrew recipes, posting all the details of my brews. Life gets in the way of blogging sometimes. My dad and I are going to brew up a batch of bitter trying to reproduce ‘glen’s best bitter’ which you used to be able to get at the Wild Duck before they closed up shop. Following is a (preliminary) guess at what might be in such a brew. Who knows how close we’ll come, as it’s mostly a stab in the dark. They stopped producing this, my dad’s favorite beer, before I was of legal drinking age, much less interested in reproducing beers. I haven’t ever tasted the original and Dad knows basically nothing about the elements of beer. So, between us here’s a guess. If you have any additional information about this beer, or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate them.

2 Lbs American 6 Row Pale
1.5 Lbs English Mild malt
1 Lb American Caramel, 40 L
.5 Lbs Munich
.1 lb flaked barley for head retention

3.5 lbs dry light extract

1 oz centennial 10% boiled 60 minutes
.5 oz willamette 5% boiled 15 minutes
.5 oz willamette or sterling, 4-5%, boiled 1 minute

White Labs British Ale yeast (WLP005)

We’ll go for this one sometime in July. We were going to brew it today, but he’s not feeling well.

The Next President

Finally, a presidential candidate who knows something about effective public speaking.

“There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America – there’s the United States of America.

There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America – there’s the United States of America.

The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States.

We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported it.

We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.”

– Barack Obama in his Democratic National Convention Keynote Address.

Go Forth and Vote!

To All,
Erin Ely’s “YEAR ROUND HOME FOR THE LANE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET”
idea at IdeaBlob is behind by a hundred votes! Thanks to you who have already voted. But if you haven’t voted, we need you. The competition will go down to
the wire and you still have until Midnight Saturday to vote.

One important thing to remember. You must register at
http://www.ideablob.com first. But you can’t vote until you receive
email confirmation of your registration. And that can come in two
minutes-or sometimes in two days!!! So register now and be patient.
When you get the email, vote-but not before you receive that
confirmation. Many thanks. You will be repaid by access to great
fresh produce from local farmers.

PS. It’s fun to check the tallies every morning at http://www.ideablob.com
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PSS. Please pass this on. We are right on the cusp

$$Funding for Farmers’ Market Envisioning and Design Process
Erin ’s idea is titled: Year Round Home for the Lane County Farmers Market.
That’s the idea to vote for. (click on the above and vote now!)

Greetings to all who are interested in seeing Lane County Farmers
have a year round indoor-outdoor market in Eugene. The year-round
farmers market has been in and out of popular discussion for several
years now, but has
lacked focus and sustained energy. The Willamette Farm and Food
Coalition has decided to host a series of facilitated discussions to
move the conversation forward with the purpose of drafting designs
and creating a business plan.
The Lane County Farmers’ Market is happy to have the Willamette Farm
and Food Coalition taking the lead and plans to participate in the discussions.

Local citizen activist Erin Ely is trying to help us with our effort
by using the Internet. Advanta Corporation sponsors an online “idea”
competition at their www.ideablob.com website. The best idea of the
month, determined by the votes of website visitors, wins $10,000.
Erin Ely entered this competition two months ago with the idea for a
permanent Farmers’ Market for Eugene. She lost the contest by a mere
20 votes! She’s entered again and is now in the finals!!!

If Erin wins, she will donate the $10,000 to Willamette Farm and Food
Coalition to facilitate public discussion of farmers’ market options,
and to draft a preliminary presentation of 2 or 3 designs as well as
a business plan. So we want you to help us help her win!