Blog introduction

It is possible to live a happy healthy life without a mortgage or rent payments. Many today are, not just resorting to, but embracing alternative living arrangements that offers freedom from traditional shelter costs. Theses include but are not limited to tiny houses, cabins, RVs, Communal living arrangements, tepees, yurts, and tents.

Some of these involve a nomadic lifestyle that may not be for everyone, but certain individuals find a sense of freedom that they wouldn't give up for a million dollar mansion. We'll be looking at some of these people, their lifestyles, and their shelters.

We'll also look at lifestyles, and individuals living them, that might be categorized as homesteading or off grid living. There are people living in small cabins built without loans or mortgages and living well off the bounties of nature. Shelters made from natural materials from the surrounding terrain, caves, or scavenged materials and combinations of these methods will be included.

In today's commercial world many people forget that the earth is what supplies our needs. We will look at food. Cheaper ways of feeding ourselves a better diet. Methods of stockpiling foods. Foods that can be stored for long periods without spoilage, and the techniques used to preserve it.

The blog will discuss ways to incorporate some of these changes into your current living situation, or offer advice for those making radical changes by choice or necessity.

Lets begin by looking at an essay that offers great advice on enjoying a simpler life.

Walking
by Henry David Thoreau