Lloyd,
Thanks so much for your stunning support for small abodes. I’m looking for an instructor to teach a hands-on workshop intensive on how to build a tiny timber-framed house on a trailer.
Location: my organic farm in the Berkshires
Timeframe: Summer, 2013
Any suggestions?

Cheers!
Eli Rogosa
Mystic Sheaf Bakery
Colrain, Massachusetts (near Shelburne Falls)
growseed.org
413 624 0214

“Joe Everson builds portable tiny houses made to be taken with someone, wherever they may wander. The 100 to 120 square foot houses are built on trailers and are being used all over the country for people who want a minimalist and mobil lifestyle. The company is named Tennessee Tiny Homes.”

https://shltr.net/10zj62b

https://www.facebook.com/TennesseeTinyHomes

I’m two weeks past my shoulder operation, and practically stylin. A little better every day. I don’t get to start therapy for another 3 weeks. Right arm better but still weak. Walked 5 miles yesterday, along beach with mixmaster ocean, water tussled and murky, 20+mph cold winds from north. Walking along thinking how gnarly it was, then realized how great it was to be moving. Every single time in my life I’ve forced myself to get out there and move (run, walk, bike, paddle, skate) I’ve felt immeasurably better. Get out there, stupid!

Around the homestead:

-Olives I’ve had about 15 gallons of small green olives in water, salt and vinegar for about 3 months, and they’re practically ready. Still a hint of bitterness, but plump and flavorful.

 -Sauerkraut Another thing you just set up and nature’s microorganisms do it all. You only add salt to shredded cabbage, maybe a little water. Used our own cabbage, and it’s fermenting away in the 2-gallon Polish crock in the pantry.

 -Chickens W’re getting 12-14 eggs a day from our little beauties. I favor the Golden Seabright eggs because the birds are so beautiful; maybe the beauty may come through a bit in the eggs, who knows?

 -Green smoothies I use the Blendtec blender a lot, make a green smoothie for lunch when I’m busy. Fresh greens from garden, fruit, protein powder…

 -Nightly vegetables Lesley has provided our vegetables from her garden practically every night for months. Broccoli cooked within minutes of picking is so different — sweet.

 -Crabs It’s a lousy crab season. However, son Evan has been catching them with one of those little snare traps off a fishing rod from shore.

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Washington, D.C., 1924.1924 Flint Motor Car Model E-55. The building is the Joaquin Miller cabin at Rock Creek Park.’ National Photo Co.

https://www.shorpy.com/node/14473

This website shows that there are, by golly, some very good residential architects out there: https://themoderncabin.com/

This building, called The Walkabout, by Nick Deaver and Stacy Pearson