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this little video makes me reconsider so many things about how we perceive "living well" in this country. this woman is adorable because she's smart, savvy, kind, ethical, and knows how to wield a hammer. her name is Dee Williams.
i really want to know what book she is reading.
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I'm impressed, Angela.
Dee's house reminds me of dreams I used to have as a young child when I would travel in a small self contained caravan with everything available around me.
In later years I thought my caravan probably represented a return to the womb.
Dee's house is more than this clearly, but I'm not sure I could do it. I like space around me. I'm essentially Australian after all. Still I approve the sentiments wholeheartedly. The business of simplifying life seems desirable.
AHHH! I could easily see myself doing this. My rental house is 600 sq. feet and I've purged just about everything but my piano and my books. I can live without my piano. I'd have to find room for my books though. xo
ps. Not surprised she's up here.
elisabeth, i've been on a mission to provide myself simplicity for the better part of a year now and this woman gives me the extra jolt to continue. it is definitely worthwhile. i'm clearing so many things out of the way so that i can actually see the road ahead. though, like you, i need a wee bit more space than this. my paintings are too big. ha!
i like your dream of the caravan. there's a man who lives in a tent at the edge of one of the vineyards out here. i see him sometimes in the morning. and as i run by sometimes i think of how wonderful and freeing that kind of experience would be. i think i might like to try it someday. maybe for 6 months and see how it changes my perceptions of the world. i think it could be a magical thing. :)
rebecca, hahahaha! totally! my house is pretty small too. in fact, i shouldn't even call it a house, it's a cottage. nevertheless, my books would completely fill up her home! i'd need two of these homes on wheels. hahahaha! but this woman gave me an idea- i think it'd actually be really wonderful to spend 3 - 6 months out in nature somewhere in a little one room cabin and sequester myself away with 5 books to be read and re-read in cycles, and make one stack of poems and one stack of small drawings since i wouldn't have space for much else. i think it could be very transformative. and also the joy of bathing in a stream and singing out loud where no one can hear. <3
The bed-loft and the sky...Gypsy wagon, all drapings and bells, is where my thoughts go. Self-sufficiency beyond my perceived skills. Having not been chosen for a fellowship, I once rented myself a cabin to have that writer-in-retreat experience. For three weeks, what I wrote were prayers, they were the only things I contained.
marylinn, i loved the bed-loft! total romance and goodness!
i think it's awesome that you did that for yourself- the cabin. you're own private writer's retreat.
"For three weeks, what I wrote were prayers, they were the only things I contained."
THAT is a beautiful statement! and a beautiful mode of being human. just gorgeous. :)
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