A few days ago I posted a piece on this blog entitled “A frontier lesson in civics . . .” in which I poked a little fun at the leadship style of our assistant director, Greg Bray. One reader expressed some concern, thinking perhaps that I was being disrespectful. You can read the piece yourself, by scrolling [...]
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Working under Greg Bray
Posted in Greg Bray, democracy, living history on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
a frontier lesson in civics
Posted in Greg Bray, democracy, frontier farming on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I stood in the field outside the fort yesterday, chipping away at a mountain of mule manure, forking it into the “eighteenth-century” wooden wheelbarrow that I built last summer, Greg Bray strode up and announced, You’re going to put in a crop of buckwheat.
OK, I said.
We’ve done the research, he said, and they grew [...]
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