Nice Yurt!

“Alternative lifestyle”is such a funny phrase. You live…you take care of business….you take care of your family….you live. What could be alternative about any of that? Here’s a portrait of a young family who moved from England to New Zealand….bought … Continue reading

starter

When you take the old starter off….the one that works most of the time still….and you lay it down next to the new used starter that should work all of the time…mark it…or put it somewhere other than next to … Continue reading

how early is tomorrow?

Jenny was up early…and when she came back to bed, I woke up….and….then…I was up early. I get up pretty early, anyway, so a couple of hours earlier than usual is just another hour or two of “quiet time”. I … Continue reading

She woke up Early….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSu3pCY6KUc I was watching “cheap airline ticket” videos this morning….hoping I’d uncover some secret on YouTube….and, when she woke up early, Jenny said, “you should watch this….”. OK. What a freakish voice….and pretty cool, too. It still doesn’t get me … Continue reading

traveling cheap

I’d jump through the fire to get a cheap flight around Christmas….going out to Colorado. I’d even watch this video. Cheap is relative, though. You can put yourself through Hell to save 50.00 and I’m not that crazy about saving … Continue reading

Pregnant Family Moves into Bus to Create a Healthy Lifestyle….film by Dylan Magaster

These Dylan Magaster videos are pretty darn consistently good. And that’s an interesting thing. What a niche to fill….a young guy makes these videos and is good at doing it….and (I suppose) makes a living at it. Of course, from … Continue reading

Woodstove in a Van Home

Portlandia ruined earnest hipsters for me forever. I can’t watch these videos and not think of the guys on the show parodying this kind of thing. That insight considered, still, this is pretty cool. And, different than vans I’ve seen, … Continue reading

GoPro: Chasing AdVANture with Chris Benchetler in 4K

There’s a difference in a video where people are talking about what they’re going to do….and one where they’re doing. And….there’s a big difference between sitting in the house while everybody else is sleeping…. watching videos of people “doing”….and doing. … Continue reading