Thoreau

Anticipation of trailer living is making me think about Thoreau.

Here's a reconstruction of his cabin:

Here's the inside:

I don't know the dimensions, but my trailer is 16 feet by 80 inches, and Thoreau's cabin looks like it's not too much bigger.

This is funny--I just had to go back and make a correction--instead of "dimensions" I wrote "dementia"! Talk about a Freudian slip!

There are gazillions of great quotes from Thoreau, but here's a nice one:

“Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”