"Tiny Cabin, Giant View"

I'm fortunate that both my parents continue to clip out and send me interesting articles from the various publications they read. I particularly enjoyed a recent Wall Street Journal article about a tiny, idyllic cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains outside Tahoe. Snowboarder Mike Basich built his home from granite stones and wood he collected from his property and milled himself. The off-grid cabin, which is several miles from the road, also boasts a fire-heated hot tub and his own personal ski lift. Impressive and inspiring!

"I'm probably the most fortunate person in the world."

I wanted to share this inspirational article from yesterday's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle which depicts an artist named John McAbery who happily lives and works in his tiny hand-built beachfront cabin on the Lost Coast. He built the cabin solely with hand tools and materials salvaged from the beach, and he sustains himself by carving and selling beautiful nature-inspired sculptures out of naturally felled, native Bay Laurels.

House vs. iPad

Tata, the huge Indian conglomerate who introduced the $2500 car, has now announced a similarly named $720 house that arrives as a kit and can be assembled in approx. 1 week. The 215 sq ft "Nano" house makes use of coconut or jute fibre. One correspondent noted that the Nano house was cheaper than your avg. iPad.