Who are my neighbors? Tune in to Out There to meet some of them. Out There airs every Tuesdays from 3 to 4 pm with me, Ruthy Woodring. Come with me and my recorder to meet people and plants and think about ways we can share the world.
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I got a spot in Thurs night’s NEPM Valley Voices story slam at the Drake in Amherst! and shared a story about my friend “Waldo” : “He drives a truck for USA Waste; I ride a bike for Pedal People…” official story starts at min 8:40 Thinking of stories, I played story songs to go … Continue reading #283: StorySlamWaldo, cold bike fixing n riding tips…
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another unmotivated week in Out There interview gathering land, so I resort to reading some of the flyers on our house bulletin board.By Ruthy Woodring
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a recap of my week…(see title)By Ruthy Woodring
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Christmas is in a few days. As a trash hauler, Christmas means Consumerism, Trash, Waste. 1: Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping sing it like it is 4: myself and my coworkers have a debriefing session. Brett, Miguel, Cara. oh, and a former coworker and current customer Emily Fabel brings out the cookies … Continue reading #280: PPConsumerism,…
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25 mile march for Palestine coming up (was supposed the be Dec 10th but got postponed to Dec 16th due to rain/flooding). 4: my 16 y.o housemate, in the prime of her able-bodiedness, keeps asking her great aunt to drive her the 1.2 miles to high school. Why, my child, why?? ( and so many … Continue reading #279: Paving, Palestine Rally speakers →…
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My coworkers Neal and Colin did their Pedal People routes today together on a tandem bike. 11: the PVTA is free again this year, from Thanksgiving to Xmas. Nao Sakurai tells us why she rides the bus, all year round. 25: Tom Lehrer sings “Hanukkah in Santa Monica” 27: my friend Bill is taking a … Continue reading #278: PVTA Free: Nao and Alex, commu…
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The Flo-Op is finally official! 6-8 High St in Florence signs the papers to transfer from being owned by me, Alex, Tammi, and Matt, to being owned by the Flo-Op Inc, which I think is currently me and Alex Jarrett and Sara Howard, and growing. Alex, Sara, Rebecca Fletcher from Cooperative Fund of the NorthEast, … Continue reading #277: The FloOpHous…
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving. National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock, for many Native Americans. I took a hike on Thanksgiving Day to “the mossy rock” in the Sawmill Hills, where Duane grew up, and asked to have some of his ashes “dumped”. What a tear-jerker. 23: Diana Ross sings “Missing You” 34: Cleveland P … Continue reading #276: MissingDuaneI…
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I took a bike-bus-train trip to the Hudson R Valley and met up with my friend Giselle visiting from Trinidad. Enrico (I played this clip last week) with his bike and blower clearing leaves from the Manhan r-t Satcha and Sonia at L3Harris encampment (L3Harris is a military contractor with a Northampton base, supplying the … Continue reading #275: Fu…
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This show is all about my life in the wake of Duane’s death. Memorial for Duane this Sunday, Nov 12th, at noon, at Veteran’s Field (Skate Park), on the rail-trail/ West St in Northampton. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/duane-ranney-obituary?id=53550011 (I left out the sex, drugs, n rock n roll when I wrote this. It’s like, you…
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