From Minor Wilson in today’s mail
Photo by Godfrey Stephens, in Victoria, BC:
Dear Lloyd,
My name is Vera, from San Francisco. Last night I attended your presentation at Mollusk surf shop. I want to thank you for a wonderful evening. On my way home I thought about a very special home that I think you may be interested in.
About a month ago I was biking home and I passed an incredible structure on wheels on the side of the street. I saw a man on the sidewalk doing some woodwork next to it. I was so curious about this beautifully made structure, so I decided to return and talk to the man. His name is Steven, he’s been homeless on and off his whole life. Although, I’m not quite sure you could call him homeless anymore because now he has his box (that’s what he likes to call it). Steven’s box is set on wheels. It is made entirely from materials he has sourced around the city.
I ended up talking with Steven for three hours. Well, I mostly just listened to him. I have a few photos of his box that I’m attaching here, but they really don’t do it justice. He is incredibly innovative, he built his own heater/stovetop and has figured out a way to get clean running water (although the fire chief made him get rid of the stove after complementing his ingenuity). He stained the wood on the exterior a beautiful color using a mixture of steel wool and vinegar. He even has a number and planter box at his front door. Maybe someday you’d like to meet him yourself. He’s helping build boxes for some of his friends now too.
Have a wonderful day, thanks again for your inspiring work.
p.s. Unfortunately I did not take a photo from the other side of the box which has the stained boards of wood that look similar to the sliding front door.
Best,
Vera
Kent Griswold’s Tiny House Blog was the first full-time blog dedicated to tiny houses. Its subtitle is “Living Simply in Small Spaces.” It’s the standard-bearer and station central for the tiny house movement online: https://tinyhouseblog.com/
Kent also puts out the Tiny House Blog magazine: https://tinyhouseblog.com/magazine/
Saw this parked on a local street. 13′ long, fiberglass, kind of in between an Airstream and a Teardrop trailer. About 10K$ used.
Bernie Harberts and his mule Polly were featured in the “On the Road” section of our book Tiny Homes.
“I’ve sailed alone around the world, traveled across America by mule (twice), pedaled a ten dollar bike around Tasmania and walked across Newfoundland with a mule. Most recently, I sailed a wood ketch from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island, off Antarctica. From there, we sailed 3 weeks across the iceberg laced Southern Ocean to South Africa.…
For the Lost Sea Expedition series, I traveled 14 months across America in a wagon. Just as I did in North Carolina, I explored things that are particular to an area. This time around, it was horse breakers, Lakota elders, sod hut dwellers, ghost towns and a vanished sea that caught my eye.
I filmed the whole voyage myself – a first ever for a cross-country wagon voyage.…”
lostseaexpedition.com/
Tags: adventures, animals, exploring, natural world, nature, off-road, on the road, roadtrip, tiny homes, tiny homes on the move, tiny houses, vehicles 
Hi Lloyd,
Last we spoke, I was telling you about the “Lost Sea Expedition”. It was just mule Polly and me traveling across the USA in our wagon. We were looking for stories behind the Lost Sea, the ancient seabed that once covered the Great Plains.
I filmed the journey without a film crew, support vehicle or sponsor. I charged my camera gear off the solar panel bolted to the wagon roof. Now, that footage has been turned in to the “Lost Sea Expedition” TV series.
First, a bit about the journey:
As I bumped across the USA in my wagon, I folks what they knew about the Lost Sea. Early on, a Lakota elder told me about “buffalo stones” – fossils from a marine creature called a baculite. From there, the story took off in all directions. I thought I was looking for a vanished sea. Instead, I unearthed an all-American web covering topics as far ranging as the Ogallala Aquifer, Creationism, Evolutionism, Prairie Fever ,and Depression-era horse breaking.
Who knew that diving in to the origins of a long vanished sea would turn in to a journey to the heart of America?
2,500-mile wagon route across America
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Tags: adventures, camping, exploring, off-road, on the road, tiny homes, tiny homes on the move, tiny houses, trailers, travel, vehicles Bernie Harberts was featured in our book Tiny Homes (pp. 188-89). He traveled from Canada to Mexico for 14 months in a 21-square-foot (floor area) wagon pulled by a mule. Here is a letter we just received from him.
Howdy Lloyd,
Many mule miles, no letters…
You featured mule Polly and her wagon in your Tiny Homes- Simple Shelter book.
That story continues.
What I never really said much about is that I filmed that 14-month voyage across America. That voyage is now the “Lost Sea Expedition” TV series. The site and official trailer are at: https://lostseaexpedition.com
I’ve attached some photos for you. I’d love to share the story and news with your blog readers.
Hell, I know you’re busy. You write you could use a clone. No worries. I’ll write the content for you. Just tell me what would work for you (short article, picture essay, blog post, etc).
Hope you and the hummers are well. You and I have Lived for we know the Jubilation of a thawed hummer flying from our hands!
Keep groovin’
Bernie Harberts
https://lostseaexpedition.com
A Man A Mule America
Both photos from Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
I’m doing my first ever photo exhibit, opening this Saturday at the Bolinas Museum. It’s part of a 2-month-long exhibit on the subject of makeshift architecture, and features artists Jay Nelson, Whiting Tennis, and Eirik Johnson, along with my photos of driftwood beach shacks along the northern California coast.
Rick Gordon has processed and printed 24 14 by 18″ prints and printed them here on our new Epson Stylus Pro 4900 ink jet printer. They look pretty darn good! The ingenuity of anonymous beachcomber artists.
The opening is this Saturday, April 2nd. At 2PM, I’ll talk a bit about my background and our 46 years of publishing books on building and fitness; at 3PM, there’s a reception.
Bolinas Museum
48 Wharf Road
Bolinas, California 94924
https://www.bolinasmuseum.org
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From Minor Wilson in today’s mail
