Maine Potato Blossom Festival. On the wide-open stretch of farmland around the french fry factory grows a harbinger of hope for the fall harvest: millions of potato blossoms. (Listen).
Mark Kurlansky has uncovered an archive about the Depression-era America Eats project, which put unemployed writers to work on a collection about food. (Listen to audio.)
The live music appears to be coming from the street, but the only busker in sight sits with his saxophone on his lap. A few people point to the silhouettes in the fourth floor window at 602 Congress Street. (Listen.)
AJ Walker runs Reaching Truckers for Christ, one of the last mobile ministries of its kind and the only one in Maine. (Listen.)
Multimedia: A crowdfunded audio/visual documentary site about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, like this portrait of an apple farmer. (Donate.)
Långfärdsskridskoåkning: Nordic ice skating, basically a cross-country ski boot crossed with what looks like a heel edge of a chef’s knife, gains traction in North America. (Listen).
Milk man: From behind the wheel of a giant silver milk truck, Jesse Haskell gives a look inside Maine’s dairy industry. Read more from the project.
Starting from scratch: Adam Shepard went down and out with only $25. Ten months later, he had a car, an apartment and a small savings. ((Listen.)) Featured on Kottke.
Bike builder: Mike Flanigan welds bicycles together with custom-fitted frames. He’s convinced commuter bikes are the next big thing. (Watch.)
Maine Potato Blossom Festival. On the wide-open stretch of farmland around the french fry factory grows a harbinger of hope for the fall harvest: millions of potato blossoms
Mark Kurlansky has uncovered an archive about the Depression-era America Eats project, which put unemployed writers to work on a collection about food
The live music appears to be coming from the street, but the only busker in sight sits with his saxophone on his lap. A few people point to the silhouettes in the fourth floor window at 602 Congress Street
AJ Walker runs Reaching Truckers for Christ, one of the last mobile ministries of its kind and the only one in Maine.
Multimedia: A crowdfunded audio/visual documentary site about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, like this portrait of an
Långfärdsskridskoåkning: Nordic ice skating, basically a cross-country ski boot crossed with what looks like a heel edge of a chef’s knife, gains traction in North America
Milk man: From behind the wheel of a giant silver milk truck, Jesse Haskell gives a look inside Maine’s dairy industry
Starting from scratch: Adam Shepard went down and out with only $25. Ten months later, he had a car, an apartment and a small savings
Bike builder: Mike Flanigan welds bicycles together with custom-fitted frames. He’s convinced commuter bikes are the next big thing.