TINY HOME ALLOWS EXPANSIVE LIFE
THE BLANKETS crumple on my lap as I sit up in bed and look out the window. The dawn chorus has climaxed and scattered, leaving a few chirruping locals to coax me out of bed. I gaze around my house from on high, admiring, as always, the gable ceiling, the gentle curve of the collar-tie across my roof, the grain in the timber lining surrounding me. The sun streams in and I hear the gentle clicks of my solar electrics waking up. I crawl around and make the bed on my knees before clomping down my just-a-little-too-steep stairs.
I open the curtains on my double French doors to let the light in and check if there’s enough powercombustion stove sits hibernating on the hearth. The Trangia is a more practical solution for the moment, although sourcing and installing a foldaway gas cooktop is one more item on the never ending ‘to do’ list. In the meantime, the toast is cooking, solar inverter working hard, and the pee bucket in the toilet is ready to be emptied.
