There are moments in life so perfect you wish they'd last forever. Surfing, building a farm, teaching people to build wooden boats, this has been my life for the last seven years. Funny thing about life though, when it decides it's time for a change there is almost nothing you can do to resist the tide. The end of 2013 found me battling a chronic illness, a serious injury, and the breakdown of interpersonal harmony on the farm. Change was coming whether I liked it or not.
The trouble is that if you're a creative type of person you can't just pick a path, it has to find you. From working on an ambulance, to fighting to stop old growth logging in the Cascades, to teaching people to build skin-on-frame boats, to building the off-grid organic farm, every new phase of my life has been driven by inspiration. A combination of intuition, serendipity, and elbow grease seem to be the necessary ingredients.
In early 2014 inspiration was a scarce commodity, until one day in June I received a text from a friend: "Look what I just bought!" A 1973 Airstream Argosy. The rounded off-white vintage travel trailer spoke to my heart. It looked like a spaceship, lightweight, aerodynamic, with a really cool antenna thingy. I simply had to get one, and so later that day, I did.
Ever since my off-grid videos from Kirsten Dirksen went viral I've felt a strong desire to connect with more people who share my ideas about smaller living. The off-grid airstream Airstream will serve as a demonstration project, showcasing my ideas about living large in tiny spaces, and living lightly on the land. As my new home base, life processes are streamlined and simplified, allowing me to spend more of my time writing, creating video projects, connecting with more tiny/sustainable living enthusiasts, as well as the most important thing: simply living.
The trouble is that if you're a creative type of person you can't just pick a path, it has to find you. From working on an ambulance, to fighting to stop old growth logging in the Cascades, to teaching people to build skin-on-frame boats, to building the off-grid organic farm, every new phase of my life has been driven by inspiration. A combination of intuition, serendipity, and elbow grease seem to be the necessary ingredients.
In early 2014 inspiration was a scarce commodity, until one day in June I received a text from a friend: "Look what I just bought!" A 1973 Airstream Argosy. The rounded off-white vintage travel trailer spoke to my heart. It looked like a spaceship, lightweight, aerodynamic, with a really cool antenna thingy. I simply had to get one, and so later that day, I did.
Ever since my off-grid videos from Kirsten Dirksen went viral I've felt a strong desire to connect with more people who share my ideas about smaller living. The off-grid airstream Airstream will serve as a demonstration project, showcasing my ideas about living large in tiny spaces, and living lightly on the land. As my new home base, life processes are streamlined and simplified, allowing me to spend more of my time writing, creating video projects, connecting with more tiny/sustainable living enthusiasts, as well as the most important thing: simply living.