Bibliograph

The big tiny, a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams

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The big tiny, a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The big tiny

Responsibility statement

Dee Williams

Sub title

a built-it-myself memoir

Summary

Part how-to, part personal memoir, The Big Tiny is a meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life. More than ten years ago, a near-death experience abruptly reminded sustainability advocate and pioneer Dee Williams that life is short. So, she sold her sprawling home and built an eighty-four-square-foot house -- on her own, from the ground up. Today, Williams can list everything she owns on one sheet of paper, her monthly housekeeping bills amount to about eight dollars, and it takes her about ten minutes to clean the entire house. Adapting a new lifestyle left her with the ultimate luxury -- more time to spend with friends and family -- and gave her the freedom to head out for adventure at a moment's notice, or watch the clouds and sunset while drinking a beer on her (yes, tiny) front porch

Table Of Contents

Happy enough -- Southeast State Park -- The drive -- Torsades -- A moment of genius while waiting -- Tiny house man -- Fear and logic -- Anthropology 101 -- Dream big, build small -- Blondie on the roof -- Who cares if I appear foolish? -- Hobo-a-go-go -- There goes the neighborhood -- Modern conveniences -- Slack line -- A six-inch drop hitch -- Keeping the peace -- Broke butt mountain -- One more thing

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