Good morning, happy monday!
I am so happy to be working from home again this week after an ill-fated venture into substitute teaching. (what was I thinking?!) Does everyone pretty much know that substitute teaching is horrible?! yeah, well, now I know too. fortunately, pain is the touchstone of all growth, so any awful experience is bound to be highly instructive, and the past two weeks have indeed been revealing. I am just not suited to teaching – any group larger than about 6 people causes a noticeable amount of anxiety, and ideally, I prefer to interact with 1-2 people at a time. so. until I find a school with class sizes of two students! I will stick with design work.
I wanted to share a few interesting tiny house related links with you…
first: tiny house for rent! this would be a great way to feel out if a tiny house is right for you. I like how this place painted the walls white but left the ceiling natural wood.

Tiny House for rent – interior view.
secondly, I wanted to share a blog of a friend of ours who lives in Crestone, CO – a notoriously rugged and self-sufficient community in an extremely beautiful environment in southern Colorado. Continue reading →