Category Archives: cohousing

Lina’s Tiny House: The Lucky Penny

For those of you new to The Little Life, welcome! My name is Lina Menard and I live in a tiny house called The Lucky Penny. I designed and built the Lucky Penny in 2014. This profile will introduce you to … Continue reading

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A Year Living in the Lucky Penny

It’s my one year anniversary of living in The Lucky Penny! November 15th last year was my Move in Day & Housewarming. But Raffi and I officially moved out of the basement of The Big House and began living in … Continue reading

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Key Free

Yesterday while I was having a working date with one of my best friends at our beloved Townshend’s Tea House, we got to talking about keys. This isn’t necessarily an unusual topic of conversation for the two us because we … Continue reading

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Small Home Weekend Wrap Up

What an action-packed weekend it was for little houses! On Friday I enjoyed visiting with other small home advocates and enthusiasts from all across the country at the Build Small, Live Large Summit. Alan Durning of the Sightline Institute and Dee … Continue reading

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Simply Home Community in Mother Earth News

Tonight I brought the most recent issue of Mother Earth News to Simply Home’s Community Dinner so we could all marvel at how WE’RE IN IT! How exciting! It was fun to do the interview with K.C. Compton last spring and … Continue reading

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