Very sweet indeed. And scaling down is a great choice. When I lived in Memphis I helped create and then lived in a housing co-op that was in a largish old home 2,500 sq ft if I recall. I co-owned it with 8 or so other people and the house members tended to fluctuate and that change was its own kind of dance. Likewise, 8 (often more) people sharing a house was yet another dance. From shared meal preparation to gardening to house meetings. Many a dance party broke out during meal preparation or during clean-up. We were an informal hostel and activist beehive. During my 5 years there had something like 240 visitors. Life was crazy, life was good.

These days I’m living the extreme opposite. On my own in a 12x16 cabin with a cat and a dog in rural Missouri. Also a few spiders. And the occasional mouse. If I step outside I am quickly reminded that while I’m not sharing the space with any nearby humans I am sharing the space with an incredible variety of smaller neighbors. On a daily basis I see lizards, squirrels, rabbits, geese and deer. I’m only a couple hundred feet from a small lake so I also get to see a variety of water birds such as heron, egrets and bald eagles though they are less frequent visitors. I am surrounded by the buzz of bees and the flutter of butterflies. I am indeed connected to life and living here is it’s own kind of dance (and the occasional trip over a furry tail).

Looking forward to reading more about your life in a tiny house!