'cause it fits in a parking spot. where we live.
/bean lounge. (un)leash your dog. sleep anywhere. everywhere and . . . in between.
now that's the way to do it.
all four of you fit in there?
i could never do it.
where do you sleep?
that's nova. aka, noves. the girl. she's 18 ft.
bean just turned 4, lazy boy.
and yea, people ask these questions all the time. and yea, we make ourselves fit. we also made a lot of changes. microwave out, books in. tv down, cable cut. 2 motorcycles, truck, car. . . gone. donate old i-don't-know-what. . . done. house on market. . . check. NYC studio . . still got it.
travel. learn. explore. study. bar. culture. music. food. surf. fish. . .
life?
still living. still learning.
you live in that thing?
no.
where do you live?
nowhere. . . well, everywhere. but we have a studio in NYC. so that's where we live if you have to peg us. we travel in nova. did we live in nova this spring for 3 months? we slept in there - we lived wherever we were. before work started up in nyc we had to fix up the house. but it had no furniture so we stayed in nova in the driveway for almost a month. but sometimes we would go to our home in the city for a few days. so where did we live?
with our dogs
in the grass
on the street
by the beach
in the lot
at the marina
with a cold beer
and good company.
up the trail
along the creek
on the slope
down the hill
toward the end
in that spot
in our home
across the bridge.
it's not for everyone to live in a van for any amount of time. to live on the road. to camp. to travel constantly. each week or every few days. OR to live in a house with a picket fence. to mow a lawn. to live on an island. to live in nyc. to have the same neighbors for 40 years. to live east or west or up or down. we could go on. but how often do we hear: where do you live? and is it ever: what do you live in? where do you sleep? where is your home? who makes it home? why is it home? where did you grow up? i mean. aren't we all still growing up and living each day. year. experience? don't we live everywhere . . . ?
another question we get all the time is where would we go? after all the places you've seen, where would you move to? settle down for a bit, you know, after nyc gets old. . .
hah. to buy a boat. that's where.
get drunk. bear down. and do the nova dance.