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My partner and I had always dreamed of having our own small space on wheels so we could live simply and have a flexible lifestyle.So, in 2019, we began building our very own tiny home on a 32-foot trailer. After many months (and YouTube tutorials), it was complete.For a while,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sia and Mikael Lilja, who moved from Sweden to Japan, where they bought and are restoring an old house. It’s been edited for length and clarity.We’ve been together for 12 years and married for the last 4.In 2020, we bought a…
Seven months ago, I left Canada after living in Ottawa my entire life.When my apartment lease was coming to an end, I knew I didn’t want to make another expensive yearlong commitment in the only city I’d ever lived in — especially as the cost of living kept rising.I’d visited…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Graeme Kennedy, a Canadian photographer based in Shanghai. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in a small town in the Canadian Rockies in the kind of place where you help your neighbor shovel snow off their…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shrutinder Kaur, 35, who is from India and lives in Ontario. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I met my husband online, but not on a dating app.In early 2014, I searched Facebook for the man my dad was…
A piece of fast food history is up for auction in Shelbyville, Kentucky.Blackwood Hall, the longtime home of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders and his wife, Claudia Sanders, is up for sealed-bid auction by The Menish Group until July 31. The home is listed alongside Claudia Sanders Dinner House, a…
Jeff Layfield spent years imagining where in the US he and his wife would retire after leaving Hawaii. Instead, they now live in a traditional home overlooking the sea in Japan.Before retiring, the couple lived in an upstairs apartment at his parents’ home on Oahu. Layfield worked in data management…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ben Mutz, 39, a retired Air Force officer who bought a home that wasn’t originally for sale in Oakwood, Ohio. Mutz used Unlisted, an app that allows prospective buyers to waitlist themselves on homes that are not yet on the market.…
She arrived in Malta on a Thursday, and by Friday, we were stretched out on one of the island’s pale limestone beaches, watching the water shift from turquoise to deep blue at the horizon.My best friend of 24 years was visiting from San Francisco, where she has lived since we…
This summer, the small pool at our apartment complex began to look dull and boring. My kids, who are 11 and 13, didn’t seem impressed when I mentioned taking a dip.As a divorced mom, the weeks of summer can feel so rushed, so I want to make our memories worthwhile,…
