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The Perfect Place
Good Life

The Perfect Place

shinytinymansionJune 24, 2023June 26, 2023

We are looking for a place to homestead in Maine. That feels so good to say. We really love it…

We are here
Living Deliberately

We are here

shinytinymansionJune 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Well, we’ve been here almost 3 weeks. The time goes so fast… We started working on the garden, and then…

Parkinson’s Law of Stuff
Downsizing

Parkinson’s Law of Stuff

shinytinymansionMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Ron and I have been working hard to get our house ready for renters while we are in Maine. It…

Support Your Local Farmers and Makers
COOPs and Farmers' Markets

Support Your Local Farmers and Makers

shinytinymansionApril 20, 2023April 20, 2023

Our local COOP, Local Roots, is open year ’round, but I often forget about it in the winter. When the…

Time to Leave!
Living Simply

Time to Leave!

shinytinymansionFebruary 8, 2023February 8, 2023

This week a train derailed in a small town on the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. The gas in the air was so…

We Will See You in Maine
Good LifeMaine

We Will See You in Maine

shinytinymansionFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

We found out this week that we will be the 2023 resident stewarts at The Good Life Center in Harborside,…

It’s Ron and Sue, not Scott and Helen
HomesteadingMaine

It’s Ron and Sue, not Scott and Helen

shinytinymansionJanuary 31, 2023February 2, 2023

In the summer of 2015, we took a two week vacation to Maine. The purpose of the trip was mainly…

Stuff Continued…and…Continued…and…
DownsizingSmall Solutions

Stuff Continued…and…Continued…and…

shinytinymansionJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023

Why are we creating all of this extraneous stuff?

Thinking About What the Good, Simple Life Means
Good LifeSimplicity

Thinking About What the Good, Simple Life Means

shinytinymansionJanuary 20, 2023January 20, 2023

The “good-simple life” can mean something different to different people.

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