by Al Christensen | Sep 20, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
THE SOLITAIRE APP on my phone is kind enough to inform me when a particular shuffle has no solution. “No useful moves detected,” it says. I love that phrasing. No useful moves. “Sure,” it implies, “you could keep moving cards around, hoping for a breakthrough, if that...
by Swankie | Sep 11, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
Longtime nomad, kayaked in all 50 states, multiple hip and shoulder surgeries, supporting actor in Nomadland style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"...
by Al Christensen | Aug 31, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
I GREW UP among people who insisted perfection was the only acceptable goal. Anything even one molecule shy of perfection was a distant second—so distant it was indistinguishable from utter failure. Ironically (or predictably) the only thing these perfectionists did...
by Russell Vance III | Aug 13, 2022 | Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE (or read the book) Nomadland, this is our tribe. Those in the movie and many more across the western US are our extended family. We love them very much and I am very proud of them because they are such good people. When we first became...
by Al Christensen | Aug 5, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
THE BRITISH ARE RATHER… BRITISH. So the exit signs in the London Underground (and perhaps elsewhere in the country) don’t say EXIT, they say WAY OUT. As in “this is the way out of here.” Cheap RV Living is like those signs, pointing to a way out of a life that...
by Bob | Aug 1, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" TODAY IS WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2014 and last Monday, March 3, I celebrated my 6th anniversary as a full-time boondocker. It...
by Al Christensen | Jul 28, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE about the impact human recreation — even low-impact activities like sitting on a stump meditating — has on wildlife populations. “We Are All Displacing Wildlife,” it said. But my old man brain changed a suffix, either by mistake or because of...
by Bob | Jul 18, 2022 | Inspiration-Spirituality, Vandwelling Philosophy
Originally published in July 2013. I KNOW SOME OF YOU READ MY BLOG for its entertainment value, but I think many more of you are here because you are at a crossroads in your life. For many of you it is an economic crossroads. First you lost your jobs, then your...
