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8 Reasons Why the Handcar Regatta Rocks

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Marion

  8. Shiny things!  Shiny things!  Steampunk is filled with brass, copper, silver, glass, leather, silks, feathers; chrome, bubbling liquids in glowing colors;  gears and rivets and studs and bosses, and . . . oh, my!   7. It’s hard … Continue reading →

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Steampunk Dreams

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Marion

We walked up the railroad tracks to where the handcars were parked.  I said, “Steampunk is fun, but I don’t think the Victorians would have liked it.  They had a low tolerance for anarchy.”  “That’s the point,” Lillian said.  Sonoma … Continue reading →

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