by Al Christensen | Jul 12, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
WE’RE HOUSELESS NOT HOMELESS, RIGHT? But conventional society sees everyone not living in buildings as homeless. As pitiable. As suspicious. As criminals. Dangerous to their worldview, anyway. Happiness without a house? That’s impossible! And it should be illegal,...
by Al Christensen | Jul 10, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
“Home is made for coming from / for dreams of going to / which with any luck will never come true.” — “Wand’rin’ Star”, from the musical Paint Your Wagon AFTER NINE YEARS ON THE ROAD I’ve decided, contrary to the popular RV bumper sticker, home is not where you...
by Bob | Jun 28, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
This post originally appeared in 2013. May it still inspire and empower you. IN TODAY’S POST I want to talk about a truly amazing woman who set out to find adventure in an RV and ended up living in that RV for the rest of her life, and along the way became world...
by Joe Omundson | Jun 21, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
Sometimes it’s easiest to learn the hard way. Our perception of what’s “normal” depends largely on the circumstances we were born into: our family’s income level, location, religion, ethnicity, profession, and health factors, for example. We can think of...
by Bob | Jun 13, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
The following is an excerpt from a longer Cheap RV Living post from October of 2012. Bob had returned to the Lower 48 after visiting Alaska, where he had lived most of his life. But now the desert was his home. TO ME, THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE DESERT. At...
by Al Christensen | Jun 3, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
SCHOOL TAUGHT US the correct answer usually requires filling in the blanks, adding information, writing a longer report, citing more references… More more more. Keep piling it on. It’s no wonder then, as behavioral scientists have discovered, most people attempt to...
by Bob | Jun 1, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
I GOT AN EMAIL yesterday from a serviceman who was getting out in a year, and was trying to make decisions for his future. His friends and family wanted him to go to college and plan for his future, but his heart was telling him to buy a van and go live wild and free....
