I get asked a lot about Vinny Van Gogh, my 2012 Dodge Caravan that has been converted for camping. Vinny has taken us from East Coast Canada to New Mexico, USA and everywhere in between. People love to come up to us and ask where we are from. The next questions are...
My graduate, ready to take on the world! I recently attended my youngest daughter’s university graduation ceremony. It put me in a reflective mood. Have you ever looked back on life and wondered where and when things start to get complicated? At what point do our...
A year ago, I gave up a huge Victorian kitchen to move into a cottage permanently. The photo above is my new tiny kitchen (sans appliances) AND my dining room AND my living room. The combined floor space for the living room, dining room, and kitchen in the cottage is...
I have simplified almost every area of my life, but I have always struggled with simplified eating. Meal planning, shopping for groceries, and cooking have always seemed like a collective chore that I could never figure out how to simplify. Things I’ve tried: Menu...
A year ago this month, Sweetie and I moved into our 672 sq foot prefab cottage situated on a one acre field in a small rural village. We have a vision for this little piece of land. Sweetie wants to grow grapes here (in his retirement) and have vegetable gardens and...
