They tell me it’s free money. They tell me there’s a guaranteed return on investment. They tell me it’s a win-win scenario and I’d be stupid not to participate. “They” say a lot of things. My boss regularly harasses me…
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Free Money? My Foot.
Tagged with: capitalism, economy, living small, living tiny, minimalism, recession, retirement
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Simple Things Can Make All The Difference
There’s a few things I’ve done since we moved into the Squatch that make day to day life just a little bit easier. I simply want to change my immediate environment to best suit my needs. I’ve found myself getting…
Tagged with: minimalism, RV, rv living, squatch, storage, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
In the Face of Ridicule
My co-workers think I’m nuts. That’s nothing new; I’ve always worked blue collar jobs with rural type folks. Salt of the Earth kind of people, some would say. I’ve never fit in. My opinions on politics, human rights, environmental concerns,…
Tagged with: collapse, conservation, environmentalism, minimalism, over population, sustainability, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Two Weeks in Our Motorhome…
Yes, it’s finally happened. After months of waiting for an RV park space to open up, we’ve finally done it; we’ve moved into our motorhome. I thought I would be nervous. I thought it would be nerve racking and stressful.…
Tagged with: bigfoot, conservation, down sizing, minimalism, motorhome, RV, RV fulltiming, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Noodle Soup Rentals – Renting in a Tiny House Community
By their very nature, tiny houses on wheels are mobile. This has probably stemmed from the zoning laws and building codes tiny house people have been trying to circumvent. Also, some folks just want to own a home, but aren’t…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", "tiny house on wheels", communal living, community, living tiny, minimalism, rent, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Meiosis – Propagating Tiny House Communities
A tiny house community, such as Noodle Soup Village – Lite, which is based on the grander Noodle Soup Village – A Tiny House Community, is a model that could be reproduced elsewhere. Even though all of this is just…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", communal living, community, cooperative, minimalism, rv living, sustainability, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Village – Lite
As much as I’d like to build a tiny house community, like Noodle Soup Village, zoning and legal definitions of what is habitable are going to inhibit that dream. A large scale endeavor like that is also wildly expensive, due…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", collaborative consumption, communal living, community, minimalism, rv living, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Edification in a Tiny House Community
A tiny house community such as Noodle Soup Village, offers the opportunity to create a small society within the larger one where respect for one another and the Earth is priority number one. In order to develop respect, one needs…
Tagged with: "portland, "tiny house community", communal living, community, rv living, squatch, wisdom
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Village – A Tiny House Community
For twenty eight years I’ve been searching for something. A mission, a purpose, a place to call home. I’ve been searching in myself, in others, in culture, books, careers, and geographic locations. I seek a lifestyle in which my actions…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", "lending library", "navy shower", "portland, "solar panel", "solar thermal", "tiny house on wheels", "urban living", "washing machine", carshare, communal, communal living, commune, community, composting, composting toilet, conservation, dehumidifier, food storage, gardening, hot water supply, humanure, minimalism, or", refrigeration, RV, rv living, tiny home, tiny living, village, zoning
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
The Appearance of Minimalism
Minimalism is concept I’m trying to embrace fully. But, like so many ideas, it means different things to different people. Most minimalists would agree that however you define it, material possessions encompass most of the concept. Getting rid of stuff,…
Tagged with: "navy shower", "water conservation", minimalism, minimalist, motorhome, RV, rv living, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Water
Stewards of the Earth
Some folks view technology as a sign of changing times. Of impending unemployment by displacement, ubiquitous colorful screens, a phone thats beeping and buzzing, makes you just want to give it a good chuck sometimes. But, you don’t do you?…
Tagged with: climate disruption, entropy, evolution, extinction, life, stewardship
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch
Our New Home: The Squatch
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Partly becasue I’ve been so busy with our new (to us) RV. I actually have a ton of stuff to share, and soon I hope to get it all out there…
Tagged with: "full timing", "litter box", bigfoot, minimalism, motorhome, RV, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch
Trustworthy, But Not Creditworthy
I relish change. Embrace it. I seek it out. I’m not a “fly by the seat of my pants” kind of guy that will just jump into any situation without mulling it over, but with some thorough planning I try…
The Rolling Workshop
In an effort to live the mobile lifestyle, I’ve purchased an enclosed trailer to use for additional storage space and a workshop area. The intention is to tow this trailer behind a Class C motorhome. More on the motorhome at Mobile…
Intellectual Property Of The Universe
Not only do I believe all media, books, music, movies, technological designs, and other expressions of human culture should be freely available to all people; I think it should be the intended goal of humanity to broadcast this information into…
Tagged with: alien intelligence, extraterrestrial, free information, intellectual property, public domain
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Fresh Water Stewardship
Water conservation is extremely important when you only have a finite supply of it such as in a motorhome, unless you’re hooked up at a park or campsite and then I suppose, you could just leave the faucet on all…
Tagged with: conservation, minimalism, resource consumption, water consumption
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, Water
Proud Pooper
Toilets are gross. That nice clean porcelain throne you do your private business on is a staple of modern society. Sanitation is a great achievement of technology. Before there were sewer systems, human waste washed into the streets, plugged up…
Tagged with: composting, humanure, responsible living, sanitiation, urine collection
Posted in Humanure, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Humanure, Personal, Philosophy
Share Your Passion
I’m a shit writer. Yep, that’s how I’m starting. I write in order to organize my thoughts in a coherent manner. If I were writing this in a text file no one would see, I would quickly get bored, the…
Dreams With Wheels
I’ve been busy. Busy planning, purging, selling, donating, packing, and choosing an RV. It feels good to be busy again; to have direction, a plan. And, there is some sort of plan: a big change. We’re moving into a motorhome,…
Tagged with: composting toilet, minimalism, motorhome, rv living, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal
Posted in Dwelling, Personal
musings on entropy 