Welcome.

I started writing LIVING SMALL in November 2022, I named my newsletter after my first book, The Little Book of Living Small but also after “living small” in a larger sense of living more lightly on the earth, having a “small” footprint, and making an impact on a local level. I’ve been writing about homes and sustainability professionally for magazines and websites for more than 20 years, but I was craving a more personal outlet to write about what sustainable living looks like for me and other everyday people—not hippies or billionaires.

Why subscribe?

Whether you live in a small space or aspire to a more sustainable life, as a subscriber you’ll have full access to the newsletter and archive and you will never miss an update. Every new edition of Living Small arrives right in your inbox. I moved LIVING SMALL to Substack because it felt like the right medium for my writings. I wanted an archive of the newsletter and a way to foster a community. I also liked the idea that someone could choose to support my work financially.

What subscribers can expect.

I send an email to all subscribers every two weeks that includes a long read plus three things that have caught my interest lately. These posts will remain free to read for a month. After that, the older posts are available only to paid subscribers. If you choose a paid subscription, you’ll receive weekly emails and get access to the full archive, plus occasional audio recordings and giveaways.

Please note: Substack does not allow writers to remove an annual subscription from their paid offerings, so I marked mine up to $999, so you would not choose it. The only subscription level for LIVING SMALL is $5/month.