Hi Lloyd and company,
Greatly enjoyed your book, Small Homes: The Right Size. My wife and I live in a small home on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We bought the land and the original cabin, which, according to the realtor, had no value: “free firewood.” So we of course did like some of the homeowners in your book, and decided to restore the place.
We added a 14×16 foot room and went from 500 sq. feet to now 830. Added a few outbuildings and now have a lovely place to call home on the edge of the wilderness. Moose, bears, lynx and more in the area.
Hope to make a second addition next year if time allows, so we can have a little more room; my wife would love a larger kitchen, and that should be it. I did all the work, with help from one of my sons and some occasional help from other family members.
If you ever are in Alaska, do stop by and visit.
I’ve attached one shot of the place, original log cabin on the right side and the 2019 addition on the left side. I’ve also attached two photos of our garden.
Keep up the good, inspiring work with your books!
–Ed and Theresa Gonzalez
Ninilchik, Alaska
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Great job done well. Best wishes to you.
Unfortunately we live in a time where Western capitalist government wants everyone to assimilate, especially back into the city.
You know, – move out of the wilderness, get a job, pay tax, create debt for the next 25 years and pay us lots of interest.
Lloyd has shown us that this is not a necessity to living the free life that you want to live.
Blessings upon you Lloyd for guiding us and showing us a better way.