Search results

Read Ursula Leguin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas".

Would it be better for us to live movably, on wheels? More fire survivors? Some way to design homes so that part (garden, for instance) was attached to the ground, maybe plumbing and wiring part too, and domicile could be easily driven away? This website encourages us to think constructively...

Interesting! The idea of building and outfitting attics for flood survival brings to mind similar building for tornadoes, nuclear war, survivalists, and other disaster situations. My first thought was for sewage treatment and clean water control. Other ideas?

What's wrong with AAA? Am I missing something? We are members, have 3 cars (our daughters' too) and maybe once or twice a year have a dead battery (car sitting around unused too long) or a flat tire. The work is covered by our membership fee. Twice, over the years, our car, no. 1 or no. 2...

A "towhee" is named for the sound it makes Its name is imitative, as the dictionary puts it.

Coastal northern Calif., absolutely! Peripatetica

"From Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah" sung by Little Feat.

Weirdly, I've been researching exactly and only those 2 vehicles: the Transit and the ProMaster. Thinking about getting a new one, to replace my too-low-to-stand-in minivan. Yes, the height on the ProMaster is good for me (I'm 5'3") but it is a basic cargo van and I'll have to figure out...

Good ideas and thoughts, waldenbound. I've been lurking, reading and not posting. But your post has pushed me to finally say something: welcome to this excellent forum, and I'll be following your progress since it's similar to my own thoughts and desires. No rig yet, old camping equipment...