CAPTION: Becky Blanton shakes Daniel Pink’s hand at the TED Global 2009 stage in Oxford, England July 2009.

For those of you who don’t know by now, I had to give the “Talk of my life,” at TED Global 2009 this past July. I’m not a public speaker really and had no idea how to give a talk that would be worthy of the brilliance and inspiration of TED. But thanks to a fantastic web site called “SixMinutes.com” I got through it and gave, I think, the talk of my life. …

Okay. Hanging by a carabiner, not a thread. This is a “how-to secure articles in your van or RV,” or even your car blog post. Part of the problem with living in a vehicle is securing things so they don’t go crashing to the floor or off of shelves or walls when you start, stop or turn a corner. It took me a long time to find the “perfect” solution, but here it is. D-rings used to hang picture frames come in a variety of sizes to hold a variety …

I get a lot of questions from readers about van-dwelling, so I’m going to talk more about that this week. I promise. I’m also in the process of writing an ebook about how to start, what to consider, how to find parking spots and how to “survive” and “thrive” on the road….Hint: to do it legally, you need to work at something!
Originally I wanted to be a full-time RV’er. I surfed websites for RV’s, and read all the camping stuff, did the traditional thing of buying a camper and finding …