Benefits of Living Tiny
Emotional Learning Helps Children and Parents Get to the Heart of Connection
Please help me help keep Social Emotional Learning in my local community. There’s no denying it; living tiny with kids is challenging. But isn’t challenge what forces us to grow? We have grown tremendously as the tight quarters challenge us to find a way to thrive in this space. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been the key to our success. I’ve shared about my friend Kari’s SEL music program at Ella and Archer’s school before. We are blessed to have her guidance as we learn this way of connecting with each other. In order for Kari to continue bringing this much-needed program to our rural community, she’s turned to crowd funding....
Read MoreHow We Can Food in Our Tiny House
On Sunday, I posted a picture on Facebook of the apple canning I did this weekend. One reader thanked me for posting, because she was just telling someone, “A small home doesn’t mean you cannot can food or live a ‘normal’ life.” I like how she put normal in quotations. It’s true. Life in the tiny house is life, and from my perspective it feels pretty normal. Even though there are moments of frustration when I have to adjust my activities to this tiny space, exercising my creativity to find a solution brings unexpected rewards. Turning a bushel of local apples into twelve quarts of jarred applesauce last weekend challenged me. In summer, we do all of the...
Read MoreI’ve Got the Power
I am so excited! This is the first day of my freelance writing career, and we are featured on HuffingtonPost Home. I’ll take that as a great big (((YES))) from the great beyond. Thanks to Amy Marturana for the fun interview! Read her article and tour our tiny house. These are the power lines at the top of the hill where we live. I don’t love that we have massive power lines nearby, and am thankful to the trees for hiding them from our view, but standing up there last night, I felt gratitude for them. I squinted to see them as they climbed up and down these Blue Ridge Mountains bringing power to all sorts of endeavors. As I soaked in the beauty of the amazing...
Read MoreThe Hardest Thing About Living Tiny
I’ve been asked this question more than once: What’s the hardest thing about living in the tiny house? The hardest thing about living in a tiny house is answering that question. It’s hard for many reasons, but for everything I come up with, I find the positive side. I’m grateful for the difficulties because they keep us growing as individuals and as a family. It’s still life, really, so it’s hard for me to separate out what is the tiny house and what would be life in any other house. Certain things get easier, certain things get harder, as with any change in lifestyle. One of the hardest things about our lifestyle is keeping the house tidy with kids...
Read MoreA Year of Tiny House Living
It is the solstice. Sunna, our sweet puppy, is barking large, fast circles around the property. I am up early to write from the garden, strong cup of coffee in hand. The sun is rising over the ridge and together with the forest paints designs on the wet soil. The bird songs are many and harmonious. Our woodpecker makes its echoing sounds trailing off to silence. The air is cool with a tint of warmth that tells me this will be a hot day. Summer solstice is here. I am happy to report that we’ve made it through a full cycle of seasons plus six-weeks in the tiny house. Has it been easy? No. Has it been worthwhile? Yes. When I look back through my journal, I see growth. The...
Read MoreTiny House Reforms a Messy Housekeeper
With spring right around the corner, I am thinking about entertaining friends on our deck. I am remembering the last deck gathering I hosted and am celebrating how much I’ve grown. If you are overwhelmed by your current situation, I want to give you encouragement. Sometimes, letting it all go is the only way to go (grow)! Blessings. . . At the end of August, 2011, I had a group of women over for breakfast on the tiny house deck. We had just moved in a few months earlier, and I was passionate about giving my in-depth tiny house tour. As I was lifting one side of the couch to say “This is where we keep our dirty clothes.” I remembered our 1500 sq. ft....
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