Posts Tagged "indebtedness"

Down with Shame

Posted by on Jun 18, 2012 in Recent Posts | 35 comments

Down with Shame

Excuse me while I rant for a minute. Once again, curiosity killed the cat. I read some of the comments under the Yahoo! Financially fit video. It’s strange to read so many comments about our home. It’s like being able to hear all the thoughts of people at Food Lion. The cyber-jabber is floating around me, 60,000 voices crowding my property. Most of them say “Yes! This is fantastic. Americans need to become resourceful. You guys are my heros.” (Thanks, for this positive encouragement!) A few say, “Oh my gosh, you have changed my life. Right here, right now. I have hope—How do I do what you have done?” (We will get to all the emails.) Still others, “You...

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Tiny House Family on Anderson Cooper

Posted by on Apr 8, 2012 in Recent Posts, The Backstory | 31 comments

Tiny House Family on Anderson Cooper

Tiny House Family got all made-up last week for the Anderson Cooper daytime talk show. (Show airs Monday, April 9th–check andersoncooper.com for channel and time.) The whole experience was a lot of fun. I especially like how the video of our tiny house turned out, and how I am on camera with no makeup (okay, a bit of powder foundation) for the video; then on stage at the show after two hours of hair and makeup, I look like a different person. TV is made up of real people with amazing hair and make-up artists. I enjoyed the OUTRAGEOUS differences in lifestyle between NYC and our little mountain homestead. The folks at Anderson were wonderful. Thanks for a great...

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