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Have you ever daydreamed about having your own tiny house tucked away in the woods? The Tiny House Blog covers all sorts of tiny houses – yurts, straw bales, pre-fabricated, stick houses, and more. Most of these tiny houses average around 100 square foot. To envisualize this in your mind, it would be the same square footage as in a 10′x10′ room.

Some people use these tiny homes as recreational property, others are actually living in them as a primary home. Most of the people living in them as primary homes do so to avoid mortgages and become more financially independent. However, it’s no wonder with the number of mortgage foreclosures today. While I am not ready to move into a tiny home yet, I understand the popularity behind them. The older I get, the more I realize that excess material possessions just tie you down.

My favorite category in this blog is the tree house category. There is one tree house listed located in the East Kootenays of British Columbia which is absolutely fantastic. Whether you are just curious or interested in downsizing, this blog has an interesting array of tiny houses.

http://tinyhouseblog.com/

The Tiny House Blog

Author: Kent Griswold – Loving small places, Kent has dreamed about living in a cabin. Throughout the years he has done research on this topic, and the goal of this blog is to provide different construction options available to people who are looking to downsize.

Start date: May 2007

PageRank: 3

Categories: Apartment living, book review, construction alternatives, dome, earth/cob, floating homes, heaters, log construction, Park model homes, Poll, pre-fab, SIPs, solar, stick built, straw bale, timber frame, tiny furnishings, tiny house articles, tiny house concept, travel trailers, tree houses, your story, and yurts.

Since I started blogging, I’ve read alot of blogs on many different topics. One thing I’ve noticed over time is some bloggers hold back bits and pieces of information rather than share everything they know. This seems more noticeable in blogs teaching the tricks of blogging and how to make money online. Naturally, this is just human nature; no one wants to give all their secrets away. However, it is nice when you run across a blogger who isn’t that way. Recently, I’ve become interested in how to create and monetize microniche websites. Yaro wrote a fantastic post on that topic called How To Make Money Online Using Niche Content Sites. So far, it is the most comprehensive, introductory article I’ve read on the topic. Written in a well-organized and easy-to-understand format, you won’t have to reread his posts to figure out what he said. If you’re looking for blog with a diverse range of quality content on internet marketing, let Yaro show you the ropes!

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/

Entrepreneurs – Journey

Subject: Down-to-earth advice for bloggers and internet marketers

Author: Yaro Starak – An entrepreneur and professional blogger from Australia. Since 1998, Yaro has been an internet entrepreneur. He currently runs this blog and teaches others to make a full-time living through blogging part-time with his Blog Mastermind coaching program.

Start date: November 2004

PageRank: 5

Categories: Opinion and self-improvement; Buying and selling websites; Pay per click marketing; Search engine optimization; Entrepreneur profiles; Email marketing; Buying and selling websites and business; Monetization strategies; Podcasts; Internet Marketing Fundamentals; Entrepreneurship; News, technology and the web; Membership sites; Small business, freelancing and home based business; Offline marketing; Human Resources and Networking; Conferences; Branding; Blogs and blogging;

From the words of Michelle, “Alaska is a big place, and no blog could sum it all up, and a lifetime of exploring could not delve into all the nooks and crannies of this awesome state. This is my ’slice of life’ living near Homer, Alaska.

Homer, Alaska is a small town nestled against the Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. A land where awe-striking mountains meet the water’s edge, it was nicknamed The End of the Road in a book by Tom Bodet. Live vicariously through Michelle’s experiences and beautiful pictures.

http://livinginak.blogspot.com

Life in Alaska – A View from Homer

Subject: Life in Homer, Alaska

Author: Michelle

Start date: June 2007

PageRank: 2

Categories: N/A

I ran across this blog when I spied a post called The New Welfare Queens in John Cole’s blog, Balloon Juice. The post was a result of the controversy stirred when a man being served lunch by Michelle Obama at a homeless center took a picture of her with a cell phone. Apparently, some people think homeless people should not have cell phones even though there are various programs that provide them with the phones. One response to this was Kathryn Lopez’s from National Review Online. She reminded readers that Robert Rector has repeatedly mentioned that America has the wealthiest poor people in America. Furthermore she said, “We are a blessed people when our poor have cell phones.”

On the other hand, John brought up three things in defense of this situation. First, he could be a volunteer or someone recently unemployed. Secondly, some companies have been helping the homeless with free voice-mail service. And thirdly, how are you suppose to pull yourself up by the bootstraps without a phone or physical address. An employer has no way to contact them. I fully agree with John! How can some people be so petty? It was this post which led me to check out his blog further.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/

Balloon Juice

Subject: Politics

Author: John Cole

Start date: January 2002

PageRank: 6

Categories: N/A

John doesn’t have his categories listed on the blog’s sidebar, but I truly love his category called Assholes, I Read These Morons So You Don’t Have To. Check out his blog today for another view on politics!